Working at Wolters Kluwer in Deerfield, IL: 2 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Deerfield, IL Area

"I worked for 20 years for Computax which is a subsidiary of CCH which then got bought by Wolters Kluwer. I started off as a proof reader and advanced through the years to Jr. Unix Admin before being downsized."

What do you like about working at Wolters Kluwer?

"They allow flexible work schedules as a general rule. They also give a good amount of PTO and you don't have to wait too long after starting to get PTO."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"look up whatever MBA and technology concepts were in vogue 3-5 years ago and talk about those. They have gone through them all (Six Sigma, Contextual Design, Who Stole My Cheese), but my favorite was that they promoted NASA's faster, better, cheaper after it was abandoned by NASA. They are currently discovering what mobile and cloud mean and love talking about agile development. They never actually implement any of these things properly, but they become popular buzzwords that are thrown around all the time."

What don't you like about working at Wolters Kluwer?

"Having any content knowledge about tax or accounting (the topics for which customers buy their products) is not respected, paid the lowest, and there is no career path for you. However, if you don't have any advanced degrees and you dabble in sales or marketing you can go pretty far. For example, the manager of a graphics design department was able to become the head of tax and accounting's editorial division without any record of success."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Generally, they all fail to show any leadership. The corporate executives are mainly former sales, so they love buzzwords and have little idea of the content or technology which our customers actually pay for or desire. As a result, they constantly fiddle with corporate structure and sales and marketing goals but they fail to give any attention to the nuts and bolts of the business (content, technology, data issues, etc.). Absent a dramatic shakeup in leadership, the company is likely to keep sliding downhill which will further limit opportunities for those who work here."