Needs improvement in multiple ways - Healthcare Technology Member Elsevier Employee Review

2.0
8 July 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Free food. 37.5 hour work week. Lots of benefit options (but they come at a very high price). If you stick with it, the 401K match is quite good.

Cons

Open office plan is terrible. VERY gossipy environment. Too much micromanagement. Benefits are quite expensive. Rules are inconsistently applied. Newbie leaders well out of their league. The 401K plan administrator has poor options and high fees - consider switching to a real 401K plan administrator.

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Elsevier Response
6y
We appreciate receiving your review. With open-plan office, our employees have noticed increased collaborations and more relationship-building interactions. We recently conducted an employee benefits survey earlier this year and compared our overall package to what is offered by our comparators. We found that our medical plan benefits were a little below what is offered in the marketplace by our comparators, and we are making changes in 2020 to improve the RELX contribution towards our health and wellness plans. We will continue to make improvements over the next few years.

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Cons

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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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Cons

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