Top management and HR fails to act on toxic TL/managers - Anonymous employee Elsevier Employee Review

1.0
21 Jan 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Work life management is very good in this company.

Cons

I spent years at a company with great work-life balance, but things took a dark turn when a new team lead came in. This person seemed to thrive on finding fault, turning minor issues into major problems, and mentally torturing team members. It was incredibly stressful and created a truly toxic environment. Despite multiple complaints to management, nothing was done. This lack of action ultimately led me to leave a job I'd been at for a very long time. It's disheartening to see such a destructive personality remain in a leadership role.

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Cons

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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.
3.0
10 Feb 2026
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Decent benefits, reasonable job security and mobility

Cons

Management is a mess. They are constantly shuffling around leadership and department/reporting structures, and it has serious ramifications on morale and cross-function collaboration. I was a part of a well oiled machine for many years until Elsevier acquired our product and pretty much ruined everything that was great about within 5 years. Their priorities have not aligned with customer needs, and it became increasingly difficult to provide value to our customers. Elsevier provides more roadblocks than solutions from a product management perspective.

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