Too much management & too corporate, poor health benefits - Anonymous employee Elsevier Employee Review

2.0
24 Jan 2019
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Lots of smart people and people trying to do innovative work in healthcare tech

Cons

Poor healthcare benefits and bad PTO policy. The company seems to seriously struggle with too many people in management positions (I swear there are like 200 VPs on the org chart), too much politics, too much time spent trying to portray a startup image instead of actually acting like a startup image, etc. There are too many people vying to decide what work should be done as opposed to focusing on the work that is being done on the ground.

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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.
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