An industry in flux, a company lacking an identity - Production Editor Wiley Employee Review

3.0
Jan 5, 2015
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Pros

-- if you're in the right department there is a real potential to advance, in others there is virtually none. --the company seems to be making some good moves, albeit belatedly, with regard to growing their tech fluency. --decent benefits package (as of my last day there)

Cons

--This is a company in the midst of large-scale changes, Wiley has been laying people off steadily for the last several years and will likely continue to do so --One's experience at Wiley can vary greatly depending on the department one works in and morale reflects this --Salaries are industry average at best, i.e.: low by any nominal standard --Wiley only seems to have discovered the Internet around 2006, particularly with regard to scholarly/academic publishing. Until very recently, corporate strategy in this regard amounted to a head-in-the-sand approach.

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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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