Worst Digital Change Management in Publishing Ever - Anonymous employee Wiley Employee Review

1.0
Sep 3, 2013
Anonymous employee
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Pros

there are no Pros to working for John Wiley. The Hoboken location may be the only one. Company, higher ed, is on downward death spiral.

Cons

Mangement consists of cloistered group of white men with no technological expertise. Arrogance and utter lack of accountability of anything that fails-- which has been every digital venture to date

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Cons

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