10 reasons to join us at Elsevier
The best way to discover careers at Elsevier and the possibilities that arise when you join us is to experience our award-winning workplace culture and diverse working environment through the stories of the people who work here.
Whatever role you choose at Elsevier, you will be helping the best minds in science, health and technology at an organization that believes in promoting from within.
Our global network of 8,000+ employees works in 46 countries, serving customers in 180 countries. You will benefit from their insight and expertise, helping you expand your ideas into innovations that benefit you, our users, and people around the world. We are empowered to make the right decisions, and we’re accountable to deliver the best outcomes while striving for meaningful innovation.
While facilities vary from office to office, we believe in providing an inspiring place to work, with gymnasiums, break rooms, pool tables and complimentary refreshments among the perks at various sites.
Here are 10 reasons you should join us to build your career and thrive.
1. Purposeful work
At Elsevier, your work matters. We help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve lives. With us, you will learn continuously about advances in human knowledge by being part of an organization that nurtures your curiosity to stimulate innovation for the communities that we serve.
Elsevier named among the top 10 companies with the best product and design teams
We are the global leader in information and analytics, helping researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. The support we give to the world’s most progressive thinkers and clinicians helps create a better world and a sustainable future for all.
“I’ve had the opportunity to shape products and services so that they provide real and meaningful value for the users.” — Liz Bradshaw, Lead UX Designer, Elsevier.
“I’ve had the opportunity to shape products and services so that they provide real and meaningful value for the users.” — Liz Bradshaw, Lead UX Designer, Elsevier.
We cultivate collaboration and help to cross-pollinate ground-breaking ideas. We make complex subject matter user-friendly and turn theory into action.
Our colleagues at Elsevier talk about what their work means to them
Together, we create an inclusive, engaged, and agile global workplace focused on innovation. At Elsevier, you will do purposeful work that will help create possibilities that change and save lives.
2. Flexible working
Flexible working allows our people to be productive; it’s part of our culture and an excellent way to help promote a healthy work-life balance at Elsevier. Offering our employees flexible working options allows them to balance commitments in their personal lives with the demands of their work life.
Flexible working allows our people to work around obligations and responsibilities outside of their job. Whether our employees are caregivers or parents, flexible work helps them balance their work-life schedule better which reduces stress.
We empower our people at home, in the office — anywhere. We believe in work-life balance. For us, lessening employees’ stress is vital to our organizational success.
3. Wellness and wellbeing
At Elsevier, our leadership team and employees work together to create a healthy work environment for everyone. We are unified in our efforts to cultivate a workplace that is connected, caring, supportive and nurturing. For this reason, we place employee health and wellbeing at the forefront of our strategic priorities.
We understand the links between work, health and wellbeing — and the role we all need to play in adopting an organizational approach to employees’ wellbeing. Through our holistic initiatives for wellness and wellbeing, we are always striving to provide a healthier workplace that allows our our people to flourish.
Health is our most valuable asset, and we believe that everyone deserves access to the best possible wellness and wellbeing support at work. With numerous wellness initiatives, we help you to feel your best.
4. Great workplace culture
We were very pleased to be named a Top 5 company for global culture in April 2022. We work hard with our colleagues to build a place where everyone feels trusted, valued and heard and has equal opportunities.
Here, we value your lived experiences and differences. We have a work environment that is fair and nurturing. We take care of each other, and our employees around the globe are given the time and resources to help their local communities.
We have a safe environment to express ideas and make suggestions so that innovation is realized. Having an innovative culture inspires employees’ loyalty, confidence and willingness to go the extra mile.
At Elsevier, we worked to support employees during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We’re building a culture and practice of inclusion and diversity within our own company. We have rolled out unconscious bias training and are investing in increasing psychological safety, we're both mentoring and reverse mentoring. We have specific talent reviews with a focus on women and underrepresented minorities.”
We are an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to help you succeed. Here, you will find an inclusive, agile, collaborative, innovative and fun environment, where everyone has a part to play. Whichever team you join, we promote a great workplace culture.
5. Work-life balance
“Elsevier endeavors to be a great place to work where all employees feel valued and work-life balance is encouraged and supported.”
We know at Elsevier that work-life balance is an important aspect of a healthy work environment. Our culture of maintaining work-life balance helps our people to be their best at work.
As we see it, maintaining a healthy work-life balance is not only important for health and relationships — it also improves our performance.
We empower our people to look after themselves and find a balance between work and life. By enabling our people to have a healthy work-life balance, we cultivate a work environment where people are dedicated and mindful.
6. Inclusion and diversity
At Elsevier, Inclusion and Diversity are at the heart of the way we work, think and run our business. For us, an inclusive environment is key in enabling a diverse and unique workforce.
We also know that inclusive and diverse teams are critical in enhancing innovation, productivity and decision-making. Our organizational culture is conducive to making employees feel valued so everyone can bring their whole selves to work.
“I love how diverse the workforce is in Elsevier. My colleagues come from a variety of countries and backgrounds. It is rewarding to share and gain knowledge in a stimulating and exciting work environment.”
We are fully committed to creating a fair and equitable work environment for our people and in all the countries and territories in which we operate and we seek to comply with local employment and equality laws.
We constantly strive to be a great place to work, where our employees feel valued, have equal opportunities and benefit from pay equality, regardless of their gender identity, national origin, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age, or disability status.
Inclusion and Diversity are important for a sustainable future. We want to continue building a network of people from a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, and ideas to achieve real innovation for our customers around the world.
We have 35 Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) across Elsevier, focused on our 5 diversity dimensions:
- Race and Ethnicity
- Gender Equity
- LGBTQ+ and Gender Identity
- Disability
- Generations
They provide a community as well as a place to learn about allyship, mentoring, and community involvement.
When Comparably conducted a poll asking female employees to rank their CEOs, Elsevier's Kumsal Bayazit was one of two female CEOs to make the Top 10 for large companies. Read about this in Fast Company and watch a video of our CEO below:
7. Colleagues who care
When you work at Elsevier, you will join others who believe building an inclusive environment is vital for progress as Science and Healthcare are universal and should have no borders or bias. You can be yourself and be your best.
You will be part of the Elsevier family; we always support your well-being and provide the flexibility for you to thrive at work and home.
You are part of a global team with a huge range of subject matter experts, who will collaborate with you, support you in your goals, share your knowledge, and value your contributions.
8. A chance to grow every day
“I can boldly say that Elsevier has allowed me to grow daily.”
Learning is at the heart of what we do as we help people in science and health expand their knowledge every day. That extends to a company culture that will help and encourage you to develop new skills and build your expertise.
Elsevier is a world leader in data and analytics, creating a multitude of opportunities for you to realize your potential, supported by your colleagues.
“We have the freedom to experiment, the authority to ask questions, empowerment to learn, and an unshakable belief in the purpose of what we do.”
9. A collaborative culture
At Elsevier, you’ll collaborate with the brightest minds in science, healthcare and technology. There are plenty of opportunities to collaborate with colleagues, customers and partners globally.
Collaborations and a global environment will empower you as you work with the best researchers, healthcare professionals and educators in the world, you will want to equal their constant drive for excellence supported by your leader.
“While I'm not an offspring of two scientists from the planet Krypton, my career path has led me to join a company that empowers researchers and health professionals to advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society.”
At Elsevier, the right collaborations can advance your career, boost your professional reputation and increase your chances of career growth.
Like the communities we serve, you are on a constant path of discovery to shape your own career and personal development.
10. Global exposure
“I like working for Elsevier for the great opportunities I have had to grow and develop. I was the first woman sales leader in India and now the first woman from India to move to a global senior leadership role based in New York, which is incredible and showcases how we are embracing gender, ethnic and cultural diversity every day at Elsevier.”
Our creative and experimental global environment empowers you to play with technology in innovative ways or connect with the brightest minds in science and healthcare or provide the right environment for you to do what you’re best at and be noticed.
We have opportunities in technology, sales, editorial, health, marketing, people management and more.
Some of the awards won by Elsevier
from 2021 to 2023
These are the awards Elsevier has earned in the past two years from Comparably — the global workplace culture and compensation monitoring site — Personnel Today, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Kincentric and Workplace Pride.
These are the awards Elsevier has earned in the past two years from Comparably — the global workplace culture and compensation monitoring site — Personnel Today, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Kincentric and Workplace Pride.
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