Great colleagues, great benefits but boredom sets in after a while. - Anonymous employee Wiley Employee Review

3.0
6 Feb 2012
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great colleagues, great benefits, great work-life balance. Managers are pretty approachable. Sharing of knowledge is cool, being able to work with colleagues, clients and vendors from different continents is cool and adds to your resume. Pay is reasonable compared to other local publishers.

Cons

Clients can be nasty - need a lot of patience for this, esp since you're stuck with the same clients throughout your time there. Work is routine so boredom sets in after a while if following procedures drives you crazy. Management is great, but previous team leads have left. Newly promoted team leads sometimes have zero people skill - you wonder what is management thinking by promoting these people.....

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