Uncertain environment - Anonymous employee Wiley Employee Review

3.0
15 Dec 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Friendly colleagues, free soda, challenging work, enthusiastic team

Cons

Wiley bought a smaller company I worked at (Deltak) and said they would change nothing, but immediately started cutting perks. Seems like Wiley just wanted a money-making machine to make up for some bad decisions and the decline of the publishing industry, but they were probably too late to the online higher ed party. There was a lot of turnover and anxiety about the future.

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Cons

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