JWS - Review - Senior UNIX Systems Administrator Wiley Employee Review

3.0
6 Nov 2015
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Pros

Old school company so great benefits and felt like part of one big family. The company truly looks out for the employees' welfare and thus most employees stick around for the long run. While I worked there, the average employment span was 7 years company-wide and 10 years at the located I worked out of. Some of my coworkers had been there for over 45 years.

Cons

Promotions are tough to find as there is a glass ceiling on top of everyone due to the longevity of the employments. Being an old school company, the management relied too much on old methodologies and was hesitant to embrace technology as a strategic partner for future developments and expansion, instead they always treated it as a support structure.

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5.0
18 Jun 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
3 Jun 2026
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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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