Stable work environment, but difficult to grow or advance career - Product Development Manager Elsevier Employee Review

3.0
Apr 23, 2015
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Pros

Elsevier is a stable and dependable company to be employed. The benefits are better than average compared with other businesses. The PTO increases with tenure. The culture is competitive within the industry but there is a healthy level of home/work balance.

Cons

The pay scale for new hires is not usually on par with competitive rates of similar jobs. There is usually no room for growth or advancement in your career ladder. There is a heavy amount of middle/upper management. Upper management changes every few years which sometimes leader to restructure of departments and business units.

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Pros

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
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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 20, 2026
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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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