Working as a company - Anonymous employee Elsevier Employee Review

4.0
13 Nov 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great global reach with a vast amount of global collaboration Excellent experience within the management teams Good engagement with employees

Cons

Decision making in key pivotal areas takes a long time Vision and departmental objectives are not cascaded within a timely manner leading to uncertainty and lack of direction

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Elsevier Response
8y
Thank you for your review. Regarding decision making, quick decisions are made every day globally and on time. However, crucial decisions may need facts, figures and various other information even if the timescale is tight. By now, you must be aware of our efforts and focus on speed in everything we do. A global organization of our size will always strive to get things right the first time. We are doing an incredible amount of work to ensure that we get the balance right.

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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.
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