The place to be unhappy. - Anonymous employee Wiley Employee Review

2.0
Sep 17, 2011
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Views over the Hudson are beautiful, the cafeteria has good food, colleagues are some of the nicest people around.

Cons

Little to no room for advancement. Once you're on a track (editorial, marketing, production), expect to stay there. Moving around is hard, despite HR and management's claims to support each individual employee's desire for professional growth. Not a good place to work if you're not interested in the material you're working with -- best to find a job elsewhere or get out quick, or else you'll get stuck. Too much bureaucracy and red tape. Production moves slowly, mostly due to unnecessary procedure, and management spends more time putting together committees than doing something useful. Wiley is only the place to be if you want to be overworked, underpaid, and unhappy.

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