Wolters Kluwer reviews

3.6

69% would recommend to a friend

(4,049 total reviews)
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Stacey Caywood

81% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Wolters Kluwer has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 4,049 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Wolters Kluwer employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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2.0
Jun 22, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

New building is nice. I met some talented people (although most are gone now). I was able to learn Azure stack and collaborate globally. When I started it was a ton of fun. Good culture, talented folks, supportive executive management, investment in new technology, process improvement, solid execution plans. But it ended up being short lived. Nothing I could have anticipated.

Cons

I only lasted 2 years. The CTO leadership changed over mid-way and the current one is under-qualified. He lacks vision, engagement, technical knowledge, etc, Development management struggles to support their folks and succeed under current direction. Everything I liked about the company was gone within a year. Most common frustration by development org is with monolithic deployment process (only 4 scheduled deployments a year). They function like an accounting service company and not a true development shop. Over 20+people have left the development org in the last 2 months including VP's, Directors, Managers, Dev's, QA (mass exodus). If you are ok working in a factory type environment, work shelved for months at a time, direction changing frequently, and you don't need recognition you will be fine here. However, if you have worked at any modern or organized software development shop in the past and are talented you will be frustrated like we all were. Hate to be so transparent.....but I would want to know if I was you.

1.0
Jul 1, 2023
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Pros

None that I can think of.

Cons

I went into this job with a positive attitude but now I am desperately seeking other employment. No training, no database. NO DATABASE! what multinational publishing company doesn't have a proprietary databse/production system? Everything is done on excell spreadsheets. My "superior" spends all of her time in meetings and combing through spreadsheets line by line looking for mistakes or omittances so that she can write you up. I have been gaslit, lied to, and blamed for things that occurred before I even started working there. I was promised a remote position only to find out that I would be required to come into the office 2 days a week. I have been recorded without persmission, and spoken to like a child. ANd the worst part is that I have just as much experience in publishing as my "Superior" and significantly more experience in computers. The pay is sub-par and after the interview when I was offered the job I tried to negotiate a higher salary but was shut down immediately. The culture is very "Lord of the flies" in the respect thatthe only way to survive is to throw someone else under the bus. I chose not to do that to my co-workers and my boss was not happy. I have never received any kind of compliment from my boss. Not so much as a "good job." Just going into the office causes me to feel sick. If you like toxic work places then this is the job for you.

1.0
Aug 11, 2018

Management Implosion

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Competitive benefits (lots of vacation days).

Cons

I have never witnessed such horrible management. From the middle layer up to VPs, everything is inefficient, unproductive and offensive to hardworking team members. Management doesn't listen to employees, seems to have no idea how things actually work, and values management ego over people. HR is firmly aligned with the management layer at the expense of productive staff, and will betray employees rather than offer them assistance or protection. No career opportunities either -- you either stay on the working cog layer, where you are actively undermined and unappreciated, or you move to the management layer, where you are required to turn in your soul and become absolutely useless. It would be laughable if people’s livelihoods weren’t constantly being threatened. Anyone considering working here, beware.

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