Seems adrift, but good people - Editor Wiley Employee Review

3.0
12 Jan 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Decent benefits - Excellent PTO - Nice colleagues - Great work/life balance

Cons

- Management is not decisive and poor at communicating how changes effect our day to day. - Reorganizations seem to happen on a yearly basis, which is very stressful. - People leave and are not replaced. Employees are stretched too thin. - The industry is struggling and Wiley is not acting quickly enough to adapt to digital changes. - Outsourcing of certain departments has reduced our product's quality. - Salary is not great, even for the publishing industry. - Career growth happens slowly and seems to happen by time spent at the company rather than by merit.

Explore other reviews about Wiley

5.0
18 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Nice coworkers and managers, work-life balance, smart people and industry, opportunities to grow skillset. If you volunteer for opportunities, you will be supported and will learn a lot about the industry.

Cons

Pay and hybrid office work

2.0
3 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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.

1
See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All