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      Wolters Kluwer

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      Wolters Kluwer reviews

      3.7

      68% would recommend to a friend

      (4,076 total reviews)
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      Stacey Caywood

      85% approve of CEO

      60% positive business outlook

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      3.9

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.6

      Culture & values

      3.6

      Compensation and benefits

      3.3

      Career opportunities

      3.2

      Senior management

      Wolters Kluwer has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 4,076 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Wolters Kluwer employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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      4K reviews
      3.0
      Mar 26, 2009

      The concensus-driven large-scale Holding Company model - Recipe for Madness....

      Deputy editor
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Despite some routine upheavals common to all major corporations, it's actually a fairly stable place if you aspire to be at Director level or below. Most VP's and above get shot or otherwise attritted on a regular basis, typically 2 years, then out. The better career strategy in this place is to stay one notch lower, and stay off the radar, and then stay for many years. There is little incentive to jump to the higher levels here.

      Cons

      The place is absolutely obsessed about their insane BDP's (business development plans) and budgets. They spend 9 months each year arguing what the numbers should be for the next year and initiating various cuts, instead of growing the business, grooming people and taking entrepreneurial risks. Then they start the insanity all over again 3 months later. It's a protracted disease like nothing you've ever seen anywhere, and is driven by a Dutch finance spendthrift mentality that all other companies have abandoned 50 years ago. It is not really a corporation at all, just a loose group of companies running wild, with a deep fear of any central control and fearful of any change. The few folks who are in the central control spots are fearful of exercising any power or authority for fear of losing their jobs, and tend to just go with the flow and make least common denominator decisions that offend no one.

      2.0
      Feb 1, 2009

      Caveat employee

      Senior technical writer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Large company, good benefits, opportunities for advancement if you change your specialty. They have worldwide offices and appeal to the highly skilled marketing person. They have a lot of little perks, like company-sponsored lunches and parties. Their health benefits are above average both in what is covered as well as out-of-pocket cost to employees. They have a fairly generous profit-sharing program, based on a percentage of annual salary. They only require a 37.5 hour workweek and pay most technical employees an annual salary. They offer 24 days of vacation (the parent company is Europe-based so they follow the European idea of lots of 'vacation' time) for new salaried employees.

      Cons

      Large company doesn't really feel loyal to employees, although they expect absolute loyalty upwards. They are currently in a situation where the parent company, Wolters Kluwer, is demanding a fairly high return on investment; the last year I worked there it was 18%, which is very difficult to maintain in their market segment. They have twice (and, I understand, yet again) cut positions or, in my case, out-sourced positions to fatten the bottom line to try to meet their goals. They also do not give very much feedback to employees regarding contemplated employment changes. For example, in December I was told my job was safe, and in January it was out-sourced.

      4.0
      Jan 24, 2009

      Decent company, but easy to fall into a stagnation trap

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      WKFS is a typical very large company. They pay is competitive for the area. The environment is steady, not much confusions about what your job is. A lot of maintenance work on very old products that still are doing well in the marketplace. Keep your head down, do you work and you'll be fine and get a decent paycheck. There is a decent catered in lunch everyday. The people are generally friendly. The benefits are good, they give you an above average 4 weeks of vacation from the day you start. Seemed to me to be a generally well run place.

      Cons

      WKFS is a typical very large company. There are a variety of people with different skill levels who work there, but lot of them are people who are looking for their steady paycheck and have stagnated in terms of career advancement. It is very easy to get stuck in a niche job and stay there for years. Their system for evaluating employees seems to change every year. I got the sense management simply had no idea which of their employees were quality, high skilled people and which were cubicle drone dolts. A large new software development project seemed to be floundering because no one really knew its purpose.

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