Run - Editorial Assistant Wiley Employee Review

2.0
Jun 27, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Lots of independence, kind and smart coworkers, currently work remotely, benefits are decent for my needs.

Cons

Like all other corporations, Wiley and its leadership team have the type of greed they warned against in the Bible. INTERIM CEO Matt Kissner started his tenure with a base salary of $900,000 in 2023. Meanwhile, lower level employees have been taking on second jobs just to pay their bills. They will brag to your face about Wiley's financial success, then offer you a sub $40k salary. The workload each employee is assigned can be insane at times, and we are not fairly compensated for it. In addition, there is no feeling of job security. Constant restructuring; my department changes names, leadership teams, etc. multiple times per year. This, coupled with layoffs (and threats of further layoffs) leads to a high level of distrust and insecurity. If you make any attemps to get the leadership team to address these concerns, they will simply pretend they didn't see it.

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