Wiley reviews

3.7

66% would recommend to a friend

(2,182 total reviews)

Matthew Kissner

61% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

Wiley has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 2,182 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Wiley employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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2K reviews
2.0
Aug 24, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The company offers generous time off and stresses work/life balance. My fellow editors were some of the brightest people I've had the pleasure to know.

Cons

Hundreds of employees have been laid off over the past two years and the layoffs continue as jobs are being outsourced to India and independent contractors. Meanwhile, management claims to have a new direction in mind, but no one understands what it is. Managers fail to provide direction or feedback. Whether working in-house or as a freelancer for the company, pay is minimal and not in proportion to the value provided.

1.0
Oct 16, 2013

Sad state of affairs at Wiley

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good training ground for many positions.

Cons

They are in the process of re-organizing by getting rid of employees and outsourcing most jobs to offshore companies.

1.0
Sep 24, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

the hoboken location is nice. some flexibility in work. journals division is strong. pearson education is building HQ a block away. may give wiley employees possibility of working for company that knows what it is doing.

Cons

global higher ed has done a bad job trying to transition into digital. technology upgrades have failed miserably: example: wileyplus v5- which lost millions--. Management team responsible for this still involved in new projects which are doing badly. As many current and former employees have said, "the atmosphere is toxic." leadership has no idea what platform to use for digital media; editorial direction is abysmal; entitled publishers who can't manage teams, but can put on good acts.editorial leadership is incompetent. massive reorganization to bolster stock. middle and upper management still in place, even though under their "leadership" global higher ed has done astoundingly bad. classical example of old boy network. moral is at an all time low. depressing atmosphere. given a chance, most employees would leave. Many LAZY editors who "work" from home fulltime, yet don't bother to engage with support staff in mature manner. Most arrogant publishers i've come across. they mask their incompetence by aggressive and rude behavior that only highlights their utter lack of management skill or emotional intelligence. In a word, working at Wiley is like watching Miley Cyrus at the VMAs: embarrassing and cringe worthy; and uttery unaware.

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