Elsevier
Elsevier is a global leader in information analytics that helps researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve healthcare outcomes.
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Description
Elsevier is a global leader in information and analytics, specializing in scientific publishing, research, and healthcare data. They provide a wide range of products and services for researchers, healthcare professionals, and institutions, aiming to advance science and improve health outcomes. Their services include peer-reviewed journals, books, online databases, and analytical tools, serving customers in over 170 countries. They strive to make informed decisions a reality for their clients, enabling them to make meaningful contributions to the world.
Beyond their core business, Elsevier places a strong emphasis on inclusion and diversity. They are actively working to create a more equitable research ecosystem by promoting gender, racial, and ethnic diversity in academia, and supporting the development of inclusive practices in research. Their efforts have been recognized by Comparably, a global workplace culture and compensation monitoring site, naming Elsevier a top company for diversity, culture, women, and leadership.
Flexibility
Elsevier promotes a healthy work-life balance and offers flexible work arrangements to its employees. They provide a range of benefits, including generous time off programs, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, enabling employees to meet both their immediate responsibilities and long-term goals.
Benefits
Elsevier offers comprehensive employee benefits that include a multi-carrier health insurance program for medical, dental, and vision, a 401(k) with a company match and an Employee Share Purchase Plan, and a wellness platform with incentives, a Headspace app subscription, and employee assistance and time-off programs. Additionally, they provide short-and-long-term disability, life and accidental death insurance, critical illness and hospital indemnity, family benefits, including bonding and family care leaves, adoption and surrogacy benefits, health savings, health care, dependent care, and commuter spending accounts.
Mission
Elsevier is a global leader in information and analytics, dedicated to helping researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. They provide access to trusted, high-quality information and data sets combined with analytical tools that facilitate critical decisions and insights.
Culture
Elsevier promotes a culture of inclusion, diversity, and psychological safety, where employees feel valued, respected, and have equal opportunities to grow and thrive. They encourage open communication, collaboration, and a willingness to embrace differences, fostering a welcoming environment for employees from all backgrounds. The company prioritizes purposeful work that contributes to societal good, providing opportunities for personal and professional development and emphasizing a healthy work-life balance.
DE&I
Elsevier prioritizes diversity, equity, and inclusion across its workforce, customer interactions, and research initiatives. They strive to create a psychologically safe environment where everyone feels valued, has equal opportunities, and can bring their whole selves to work. Their efforts include unconscious bias training, employee resource groups, mentorship programs, and a focus on inclusive hiring practices. They are actively working to improve diversity representation, particularly in leadership roles, and to collect data to better understand the needs of employees with disabilities and members of the LGBTQIA+ community. They are also committed to driving inclusive research by promoting gender and racial & ethnic equity, incorporating I&D principles into research, and increasing the diversity of editorial boards and peer review.