Low morale and slow progress - Anonymous employee Wiley Employee Review

3.0
22 Nov 2017
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Pros

The people with whom I worked were excellent colleagues - supportive and friendly. Pretty nice benefits with generous PTO.

Cons

Record keeping was extremely disorganized. Salary was not competitive and often led to tension between departments. Management made a lot of promises on which they never followed through. The staff were often frustrated in company meetings, and representatives were not prepared to deal with staff concerns that arose. There was a real problem with a lack of women/diversity in management roles. High turnover.

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