Publisher - Anonymous employee Elsevier Employee Review

4.0
Jun 14, 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great work/life balance, great colleagues to work with, positive corporate culture, diversity, continuous quest on how to better shape researchers and reader experience according to real needs of users

Cons

various departments communicate slowly among each other

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Elsevier Response
8y
Thank you for your great review of our corporate culture, diversity and our continuous quest on how to better shape researchers and readers experience according to their real needs. We are pleased to hear this from one of our employees. As a global company with several business units, departments and groups, it could be challenging for all to communicate seamlessly. Departmental silos are seen as a growing pain for most organizations of all sizes. This is why we have a Global Communications Team supporting our leaders and management to equip their teams with the mind-set to break down any communication barriers.

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Industry leader Great benefits Incentive trips Invests heavily in its employees

Cons

Processes can be burdensome and clunky at times

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Elsevier Response
1mo
Thank you for this balanced and thoughtful review. We're glad to hear that our benefits and investment in people are making a positive impact, those are commitments we take seriously. On the process feedback: Leadership is actively reviewing operational workflows, and the advice to listen more closely to employee feedback is something we're holding ourselves accountable to. If you're open to it, we'd encourage you to bring specific examples forward through your team or people and culture contacts. Change is most effective when it's grounded in the real experiences of the people doing the work, and that means you. Feel free to reach out to us at elseviergdrev@elsevier.com to provide more information Thank you for staying engaged and for caring enough to share this. It matters.
4.0
Jun 9, 2026
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Pros

Every direct manager I've had has been excellent: supportive, positive, and trusting me to deliver good work instead of micromanaging. Employees tend to stay, which suggests stability even if not everyone gets promotions or significant raises.

Cons

The pressure to outsource as much as possible, which is common at every publisher, leads to frustration. Because promotions or significant raises seem to be rare, you may be stuck in neutral unless you're very openly ambitious.

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