Dysfunctional Technology Organization - Anonymous employee Wiley Employee Review

2.0
3 Jun 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Great people (although many have left or are in the process of leaving) - Gain experience working with Global Teams - Location of Corporate Office

Cons

Seems that the Technology organization is driving the bus at Wiley and that entire organization is dysfunctional. The senior leaders in that group squabble with each other and are more concerned about themselves and protecting their "territory" and jobs. Instead of taking some risks they are overly conservative... to the point that nothing gets done. It's no wonder that folks in the business try to do as much as they can without IT's involvement.

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Cons

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