Great colleagues, bad management. A case study in how to manage yourself out of relevancy. - Anonymous employee Wiley Employee Review

2.0
Jul 26, 2014
Anonymous employee
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Pros

My colleagues, for the most part, were smart and committed. Prior to the announcement, and very slow rollout, of the reorganization the work was interesting and motivating.

Cons

The reorg has been a major disaster. The majority of people let go were.lower level mgmt or non-mgmt. At the higher levels everyone was just shuffled to a new job, in some cases where they had no experience. Almost two years after reorg annoncement things are still not settled, and its still unclear to most colleagues how this has been a valuable excercise for the company or its employees.

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Pros

Decent pay and benefits for publishing.

Cons

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