It is very sad to see a great company lose direction and focus. - Anonymous employee Wiley Employee Review

1.0
Feb 25, 2015
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Benefits are good, and there are a lot of smart dedicated employees. The Wiley family is highly engaged and great role models.

Cons

Consultants are making too many critical decisions. The management is detached, and the direction unclear and confusing. Recent acquisitions could save the company, but aren't strategically aligned. Repeated rounds of layoffs are disheartening and look more like desperate money-saving moves than strategic and thoughtful decisions. Wiley has become an "old boys" network with executives making forays to men's clubs and stripper bars -- quite unusual in an industry dominated by women.

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