Quantity trumps quality - Anonymous employee Wiley Employee Review

3.0
19 Sept 2014
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great benefits - never had so many paid days off. Short work day @ 7.5 hours. Some very smart people work there and even a select few friendly ones.

Cons

Way too many people involved in decisions. Pay is less than average. Different divisions try to weasel in on other's turf without reservations. The floors in the office are carved up into many private offices and 'officles' which means you can go weeks or months or even years without knowing people who work 30 feet from you. Some very unfriendly people work there - ignore you in the elevator, always suspicious of other's motives, never own their own mistakes - horribly uncollaborative.

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

Decent pay and benefits for publishing.

Cons

Once of the most toxic work environments I've ever worked at. Upper management tears editors down if you are not a favorite. Favorites are chosen by metrics that do not exist, and are subjective and arbitrary. Wiley is losing money because brilliant, young editors leave due to no support and toxic work environments. Wiley Trade is essentially a hybrid publisher. Author's put a lot of money into their book -- too much. There is very very little marketing and publicity support for authors. But they brand as more than there actually is. All in all a very sad place to work and sad for authors.

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