Good company overall but issues with middle management - Anonymous employee Wiley Employee Review

3.0
Jun 25, 2021
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good work-life balance. Focus on employee wellbeing and morale. Some good colleagues and managers. On balance it's a good place to work and other teams probably have a better experience than I have.

Cons

Some poor managers who don't seem to care about their teams. Extremely slow to hire replacements for colleagues who've left, which places a huge burden on remaining team members. Almost no effort to address development and progression despite employee feedback that this is needed. Incompetent employees not held to account because team members aren't viewed as individuals.

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5.0
Jun 18, 2026
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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
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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