Good products, but difficult working environment - Editor Wiley Employee Review

2.0
May 30, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

The products are good. The people are great. Flexitime. Good holidays. You feel connected to the community you are working with and with the content.

Cons

Staff morale is extremely low. There is too much work to do and not enough time. Wiley's publish more for less money policy is applying huge pressure on editors because new products are launched without hiring new staff. There seems to be little opportunity for career progression.

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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
Recommend
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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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