Good place to work overall - Software Engineer/Lead/Manager Elsevier Employee Review

4.0
Jan 13, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- Smart coworkers who really care about improving healthcare and making life easier for clinicians, and improving patient outcomes - Cool people who help each other and build a great teamwork atmosphere - Decent pay. Not top of the industry, but fair - Open to remote and hybrid work - Decent severance if laid off

Cons

- Some managers are great mentors (I tried to be), others are not. - Advice for employees - don't let yourself get stuck in your role for too long - you will put your skills and experiences out of date. Your manager should help, but that's your responsibility - no one will fix that for you. If you like working for the company, take advantage of the company's size and move between teams and projects to grow as an engineer

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5.0
May 11, 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.
3.0
Jun 5, 2026
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Pros

The company’s mission is inspiring.

Cons

Poor executive decision making, lack of clear strategic vision.

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