Reed Elsevier Group Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Reed Elsevier Group as a contractor for less than a year

Pros – Facilities, good IT department, international atmosphere and welcoming people. Good possibilities to enter an International career in Publishing Bizz.
Elsevier offers you international experience and looks great on your resume. I had some mixed experience with the company but with the right team and structure you would probably learn a lot.

Cons – MATRIX fixed company, not suitable for Interns with low academic background. Be more than just pro active, because their might not be any guarantee for you to have a plan.
The HR department is not flexible so be sure you have a very clear (written) contract before you begin, to the details about what you are obligated to!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Reed Elsevier Group

Pros – It's an old world book publishing company struggling to transition to a new world company. It is extremely challenging to see and help a company cross this technological chasm where the entire publishing industry is experiencing a severe transformation upheaval which has claimed many victims in the wake of its paradigm realignment. Reed Elsevier won't go under but may just cobble along. It is both exciting and frightening.

Cons – Ironically, depending on how you look at it, the pros are also the cons. For those willing to embrace this industry change and carve a new frontier, you will enjoy working here. For those less brave, this is not the place for you.

Advice to Senior Management – You must re-instill the faith in employees and rally the troops through this industry change. Employees are uneasy and do not trust management. Turnover is high. Managers need to have 1 on 1s with their team and be brutally honest with them in the change to come and what it means to the employees. That honesty will endear the staff with management and help reduce churn to some extent.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Reed Elsevier Group

Pros – Global Presence with strong brand names in it's portfolio

Cons – Its not "What you know" it's "who you know" and "How Well You Know" gets you anywhere

Advice to Senior Management – Please wake up and smell the coffee before it's too late

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Reed Elsevier Group

Pros – Good products, good values system

Cons – Slow to evolve, cheap on IT technology

Advice to Senior Management – Circular managment. Senior managment shoud seek reviews from staff about how mid management perform to get a full picture

Former Employee – worked at Reed Elsevier Group

Pros – Technology is always up to date. Great benefits.

Cons – Too much politics. You have a lot of upper management that are international or have just recently moved to the U.S. and they carry a lot of the "in your face" European management style that may come off as rude.

Advice to Senior Management – Listen to your employees. It's one thing to have open dialog with your direct team but people under them need to know you exist.

Current Employee – been working at Reed Elsevier Group

Pros – Because you can't find a better job, because the economy is so bad that you would rather risk pending layoffs than work fast food. Because you like creating designs for work being outsourced. Because you are afraid to do better

Cons – All of the real work is done in India

Advice to Senior Management – Tell the truth, don't spin. Employees are not as blind as you think.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Reed Elsevier Group

Pros – Great salary. Very smart and experienced people.

Cons – Complete lack of substantive communication from senior management. They communicate, but we have no clue why they do what they do.

Advice to Senior Management – Tell us when the layoffs will stop. Tell us what the overall strategy is.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Reed Elsevier Group

Pros – Good location, decent facility. Employees generally able to balance work & home life.

Cons – Limited career path. Outsourcing / offshoring will probably continue. Other IT career opportunities in Dayton are limited.

Advice to Senior Management – Even a reasonably intelligent person can detect BS so don't give it to us.