Challenging to align with currently leadership style and the direction demanded - Sales Representative Elsevier Employee Review

1.0
19 Nov 2024
Recommend
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Pros

The content and products are great and add value in the markets we sell into.

Cons

The current leadership structure fosters an environment where decisions are made behind closed doors, often without input from employees. However, they survey us consistently and say they are listening, but the decisions do not align with this at all. This lack of transparency and communication, coupled with inconsistent and inaccurate sales data, has contributed to a challenging work atmosphere and undermines our team's ability to succeed. Also, consistently creating new rules that do not set us up to succeed at all. There seems to be little consideration for employee feedback, and the approach to decision-making has not been conducive to building trust or achieving reliable results. There is also noticeable unconscious biasedness within a section of current leadership that favors men’s input over women’s.

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5.0
11 May 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.
4.0
9 Jun 2026
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Pros

Every direct manager I've had has been excellent: supportive, positive, and trusting me to deliver good work instead of micromanaging. Employees tend to stay, which suggests stability even if not everyone gets promotions or significant raises.

Cons

The pressure to outsource as much as possible, which is common at every publisher, leads to frustration. Because promotions or significant raises seem to be rare, you may be stuck in neutral unless you're very openly ambitious.

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