huge pay gaps between employees at the same level - Publisher Elsevier Employee Review

4.0
28 Oct 2025
Recommend
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Pros

-great international environment -various benefits and hybrid options -some chances to grow but with a lot of personal effort -great work-life balance

Cons

-huge pay gaps for the same role, it all depends on the salary you got when you joined the company for the first time -after a few years, the work can feel mundane, repetitive and totally predictable. For someone who seeks professional growth, the only way is to put personal effort into growing or joining side projects

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Elsevier Response
7mo
Thanks for leaving us your review. We want you to feel empowered to discuss any pay issue with your HR partner, who is in the best position to advise you.

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5.0
11 May 2026
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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
9 June 2026
Recommend
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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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