200 years old and all I got was a lousy T-shirt - Publisher's Representative Wiley Employee Review

2.0
Jul 24, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Some good colleagues, somewhat collaborative culture

Cons

Very cliquish, true old boy network, no room for advancement, every single product comes out late to market and technology is always very clunky and behind the times but they are always proud and exclaim it to be the best on market even though competition salivates whenever up against technology at Wiley. Oh and get rid of crappy books that are not marketable. You stay with books way beyond their shelf life.

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Cons

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2.0
Jun 3, 2026
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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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