Look Elsewhere - Software Engineer Elsevier Employee Review

1.0
19 Oct 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Science and legal related. They are product driven and focused on information and news. Not many Pros. They are somewhat boring.

Cons

Bad Compensation. They should be more entrepreneurial. Bitcoin was at 20,000 or even 10,000 dollars recently. 1 million times 10,000 equals 10 billion. They missed out on 5 to 10 billion. They didn't see the business opportunity in Crypto Currency. They didn't really negotiate or follow leads. They are somewhat cheap and pinny pinching. The room for advancement is Nill.

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Elsevier Response
5y
Thank you for your review. We are disappointed to hear that you didn’t get excited about our mission to advance Science and Healthcare. Yes, we are focused on our products but only if they are solving for our customers’ needs. Here at Elsevier, what we champion is falling in love with the customer problem not the solutions we build, that way we can stay agile and responsive. For example, through taking this approach we have built the COVID- 19 response centre and delivered an AI hackathon that through advanced data science has identified a number of drugs therapies that can be repurposed to treat chronic disease. For more information - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/relx-group_ai-in-healthcare-drug-repurposing-by-jabe-activity-6727216629014376448-ULZl. Compensation is always a hot topic in any industry. Here at Elsevier, we benchmark our salaries externally, we use both a general benchmark and Technology specific benchmark to ensure we stay competitive.

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5.0
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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
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
20 Jun 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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