Wolters Kluwer reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(4,075 total reviews)
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Stacey Caywood

87% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Wolters Kluwer has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 4,075 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
1.0
Jan 31, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Generous PTO (if you're allowed to take it; some divisions and departments have significant black-out dates, and you are not allowed to roll over or cash out unused PTO) Affordable health insurance Generally smart, capable co-workers

Cons

A word to the wise: WK is a large, multi-national corporation with multiple divisions (in Health, Tax and Accounting, Legal, etc.). When researching WK on Glassdoor, try to search specifically for the division, and, if possible, the location you are considering. There are huge differences. Now the cons in the Tax & Accounting division: With the exception perhaps of salespeople, compensation lags significantly behind the industry for similar jobs. Recently hired middle managers from other industries have little to no knowledge of the software or accounting industries -- and have expressly said they don't need to learn about them. I've heard well-respected and high-performing veteran employees try to politely offer insights and suggestions. Their concerns and suggestions are dismissed with an arrogance that is staggering. The company was just reorganized for at least the fourth time since I've been here (about 10 years). There is little to no effort to retain good employees. If people leave, sometimes after trying for a long time to help make things better, management just claims that the people leaving couldn't handle change. Recent efforts to improve employee engagement have centered on superficial things like creating an employee lounge and establishing an employee council that has NO authority and NO budget.

1.0
Apr 21, 2015

I worked in Marketing.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Excellent mission combining education and healthcare and unique perspective of bridging education to practice. Lots of good and nice people that work hard and want to make a contribution.

Cons

Horrible management (especially sales and CEO) and infrastructure that overpromises and can't deliver. Really bad culture even though president spent $500K on team/culture management that didn't work. No upward mobility--so most employees are in a "bad mood." No customer focus.

1.0
Apr 2, 2015

Females are not welcome at CLS division!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The new WK announcement: 50% of Executive Management are females. This is more like 80%-90% excluding CLS.

Cons

It is not an even playing ground for men and women. Men's misbehavior (bullying) is tolerated while women are sharply scrutinized. A female director had to move to another division to become a VP. Many men were promoted/ hired with little to no experience at the expense of the staff. This is accross the company and especially in finance and accounting. Women do all the work.

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