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

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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2.0
Feb 9, 2014

Company is going downhill

Recommend
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Pros

The PTO policy is excellent.

Cons

For the last several years, the organization has undergone a significant reduction in force, with little to no relief in day-to-day tasks. While most people are accustomed to "doing more with less", Wolters Kluwer CCH takes this adage to new heights.

1.0
Sep 8, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Some colleagues are genuinely kind and want you to succeed.

Cons

I'm still employed here, so apologies for vague details. In short, this place will take the life out of you. Wolters Kluwer / CT Corporation is not a great place to work or build a career. Micromanagement is a hallmark of the ECMS department, and leadership only views you as an expense. Everything they told me in the interview was a lie. You get good experience, sure, but the workload can be insurmountable. The days go by fast because you don't stop typing the whole shift. I'm routinely exhausted and can't do anything after work. I have worked at other Fortune 500 companies in the past, and while those places weren't perfect, nothing compares to the insanity here. If I had to describe the company in one word it's cliquish. The office is high school with 40 year olds. If you don't go out for happy hour or attend company events you will never be promoted. The various departments you have to work with daily can be highly combative. They will refuse to do work assigned to them and will loop in your manager for simple mistakes. I'm doing well here and on track for a raise, but am currently looking elsewhere. I cannot stay here any longer than the three years I've given them. I'm going to miss some of my colleagues, but the atmosphere is toxic. I'm writing this review because I wish I'd have known how horrible the environment was before applying. If I had the funds to quit I would.

1.0
Jun 6, 2023

Bait & Switch, Hypocrisy & More...

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Some individuals were actually OK and not complete backstabbing sociopaths. But only about 5-10%.

Cons

As other reviews mentioned this is a company led by fear and manipulation tactics rather than respect or grace. They do not uphold any values typical for European based companies, even in their EU offices but especially not abroad. The culture is sink or swim, and instead of life preserver you are actually thrown a ship anchor straight at your head. The job adverts express the EXACT OPPOSITE of what you can expect. People should be aware that in 2023 if any job description says something to the effect of "No a--holes", rest assured you will be surrounded by them and they will ensure that you fail in the most miserable way possible. It is all smiles to your face, and there are knives hiding behind their backs. You will be inundated with political mind games and turf wars, in addition to an unreasonable goal list which you will NOT be given the resources, time or cooperation from stakeholders required to achieve. Even people on your own team will be looking to see how they can make you a scapegoat for some pre-existing BS that was happening long before you came. This organization is looking for young naive or gullible fresh meat to chew up and spit out. This is not a place to innovate yet it isn't stable either. If your line of leadership reports to an Ogre you are screwed. If your line of leadership reports to someone who had to work with said Ogre you are screwed. They are also looking to waste the time of seasoned professionals and give them a role where they'll take the blame for everything wrong that someone else did 2 years ago and throw them under a bus, or better yet into incoming traffic. You will be hit by a megaton tractor trailer at least 3 times, and you will be expected to have a positive attitude despite every bone in your body being broken. Then prepare to be gaslit (literally and figuratively set ablaze) on how you are not unique, easily replaceable and are being paid too much not to deal with the arbitrary mess that middle management has created, which they have hidden from upper management. Some people have either golden handcuffs or small children so I guess they can't leave. But rest assured they are on several varieties of antidepressants and cardiac drugs to keep them barely alive through all the stress and chaos. The only types of people who thrive here are functioning amphetamine addicts that grew up in a toxic environment with emotionally manipulative and unstable parents. Many people here also hate their wives/husbands which is why they work so hard overtime and unleash their emotional instability and insecurities on you. There are many people who are perfectly at home in this hell scape, likely because they are a child of Damien themselves. I could write a bit more here but I'm sure you can catch my drift. A call center job MIGHT be more pleasant. Abandon all hope ye who enter this organization.

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