Wolters Kluwer reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(4,062 total reviews)
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Stacey Caywood

85% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Wolters Kluwer has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 4,062 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 Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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1.0
Mar 25, 2025
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Pros

Company benefits HR team was very helpful

Cons

During my time at WK, I worked for the Content Home Team. Before joining, I specifically inquired about production support responsibilities. I was assured that since they were hiring for a role requiring three years of experience, production support would not be part of my job. However, just four weeks after joining, I was unexpectedly assigned to production support alongside my development project. A year later, I was given an additional production support assignment, meaning that by the time I left, I was managing two distinct roles—production support and development—contrary to what was promised during the hiring process. One particular incident reinforced my decision to resign. While handling a routine production task, I followed a documented process that had been used by the team for years. As a precaution, I informed my manager about a minor change, even though doing so wasn’t necessary. Instead of providing guidance, he escalated the situation unnecessarily, involving the director and other team members and calling a meeting to emphasize that no one should make direct changes in production. He framed the situation as a serious issue and attempted to place blame on me. Ironically, just weeks later, when another production issue arose, the same manager personally made changes in production without following the very deployment guidelines he had previously enforced. This clear double standard and lack of integrity ultimately led me to resign. A leader may impose rules for others, but true leadership requires leading by example.

1.0
Feb 8, 2019

Business Cultural Wasteland

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Pros

Many of the people in the trenches are hard-working, intelligent, and great to work with.

Cons

Management (Executive and below) are some of the worst I've seen anywhere. Major decisions in the Wichita division are often made with little insight into the impact on customers or employees. Employee's are basically treated like they have little to no value by management. 3 week notice lay-offs announced to impacted employees 3 weeks before Xmas despite great company financials. Most laid off seem to be older, long-term employees who have given years of loyal service to the company. On top of that, compensation is sub-standard.

1.0
Jan 14, 2019

If you want your career to go somewhere you get out

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Pros

Good work life balance. Decent benefits but pay is way below market. Can coast for a while.

Cons

This place is an absolute disaster. Senior management is completely clueless to the trends in the industry and how to lead the transformation to digital. They will become a has been if they don't change. Not a good place for your career long term. It takes a very long time to get anything done, a very slow moving place with lots of cooks in the kitchen. You will work with lots of C grade people. Senior management not open to ideas that differ from theirs. Unreasonable goals and targets without giving people the right tools/plans to help them achieve. They do not respect people and treat them quite badly. Too much outsourcing.

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