Elsevier Reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(2,190 total reviews)

Kumsal Bayazit

91% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

Elsevier has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,190 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Elsevier employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0
2 Jul 2026

Good company but nosedived in stability and support for families

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Overall a good company to work for Talented colleagues

Cons

* Gone downhill recently in terms of stability * Shifted focus from providing flexible working with good work life balance to rolling out downright hostile family unfriendly policies where you won't be allowed to leave the office even for pickup/drop offs for kids. The kind of words leaders are using to force people into the office genuinely gives a bad impression of where the management and the company is heading. * Managers are being extremely insensitive with their teams to force them back to work one way or another by disregarding their genuine concerns. * Career progression is nearly non existent * You'd barely notice salary increases regardless of how good you perform. * Over estimating the use of AI to a point where they'd rather have 10 agents and 1 human employee

4.0
20 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Great company -Team has talented, experienced account managers and product experts who know the territory well

Cons

West team management is heavy on micromanagement and sets unrealistic territory targets without rep input — high turnover, and long tenure in company seems to shield this manager from accountability and growth

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