Great pay progression on the graduate scheme (£26k --> £40k after two years)
Flexible working encouraged (working from home/hot desking).
Cons
Not much guidance from management (might have just been my experience, but I was left to my own devices more than expected for a new graduate in a PM role).
Elsevier Response
7y
Thank you for your review. Regarding our tech graduate program, we are constantly working to improve it for our graduate employees and will definitely look into the area you mentioned in your review. There are many teams and managers in our tech organization, so we encourage all our employees to speak up if they think anything affects their work or experience here. If you prefer, contact us anonymously via elseviergdrev@elsevier.com
Again, thank you for your review.
Industry leader
Great benefits
Incentive trips
Invests heavily in its employees
Cons
Processes can be burdensome and clunky at times
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.
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.