Company with respected history, but no clear long term strategy. - Anonymous employee Wiley Employee Review

2.0
Jun 3, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

-Financially sound, stock doing well -Some divisions offer advancement/promotion -Wiley family somewhat involved -Wiley Research and WIley Efficient Learning teams offer good products and services. -Benefits for employees are good -Women appear in leadership roles - New CEO hopefully will be a good change for the company!

Cons

-Confusing long term goals -Constant restructuring and downsizing leaves employees confused over how to do their newly redesigned jobs with little support or training -The Knowledge and Learning (higher education products) team is unfocused and lacks direction, strategy, and leadership. -Lack of diversity and minority leadership -Lack of career development, and promotion is based on who you know and not what you do -Constant turnover and realignment has resulted in my having 8 different managers in the last 5 years. -Performance evaluations are on paper only and have nothing to do with your current position. They are not reviewed at all throughout the year and suddenly sprung upon you at performance appraisal time.

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Thanks for taking the time to write a thorough, considered review. We really do listen and take in all of the feedback we receive here on Glassdoor. We do value diversity and performance so hopefully you'll continue to see positive results there and we can get that two-star rating up a few notches!

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