Would not recommend for outside experts - Anonymous employee Wiley Employee Review

2.0
5 Jun 2024
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Remote options; decent benefits; many friendly people; company has been around for 200+ years; doing best to scale down and focus on important revenue-generating business lines

Cons

Over the last two years I’ve noticed Wiley hire a lot of technical experts from the outside who have come in and created/fixed a ton of issues for this antiquated company …. Only to then be laid off without any real reason other than budget cuts, and then those seasoned veterans / experts get replaced by “Wiley lifers” who are not qualified to be in the new role they get promoted into. It’s evident there is a lot of the good-ol-boy-club syndrome going on behind the scenes. The company values time with Wiley over performance and results. Would not recommend to anyone who is a real expert in their field that likes to innovate from the outside. It’s not a big enough or prestigious enough company to waste your time with.

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