Hard to leave, hard to stay - Anonymous employee Wiley Employee Review

4.0
6 Nov 2013
Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Delightful colleagues and nice office atmosphere - collaborative not competitive - Great work/life balance with no pressure to do overtime - Feel valued and listened to by immediate managers - I really enjoy my work I think the number of stories I've heard about people leaving Wiley and coming back say a lot - it's ultimately a really pleasant, fair place to work, but...

Cons

- Advancement, particularly from an entry level role, is nigh on impossible regardless of how well you perform or how much praise you receive from your immediate line managers. This is why people leave (and then come back). - The very vertical structure means that some very basic tasks/decisions have to be signed off at very high levels, which tends to bog things down.

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