Don't work here! - Sales Wolters Kluwer Employee Review

2.0
5 Apr 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Friendly employees. Very good products.

Cons

CCH has a reputation for constantly buying out smaller companies and turning them into a complete mess. The company is like a bull in a china shop - they acquire smaller and successful companies, and then slowly begin to destroy them with meaningless rules, bureaucracy and little concern for the employees or customers. Most long-term employees will admit privately that this is the case and hope that things will eventually change. But they never do. Other negative comments include - 1). Too many lengthy meetings. 2). No real leadership in the mid-level managerial positions. 3). They don't take the time to listen to their customers until it's too late, i.e., when sales drop. 4). They constantly do "reorgs" which is another way of saying they are rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic, rather than focus on core issues and problems. 5). They set very high and unrealistic quotas for the sales team, but provide little marketing support or leadership to help salespeople achieve their goals.

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5.0
21 Apr 2026
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Pros

Too many to list. #1 The culture values open communication, thoughtful decision-making, and continuous improvement #2 High level of autonomy and trust between Associate Directors and Product Leadership #3 Strong exposure to complex, meaningful product challenges #4 Deep Product leadership knowledge about Clients served #5 Supportive environment for growth into product leadership

Cons

None. The existing Product Leadership is highly effective and perfect as is. Don't change a single thing.

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Wolters Kluwer Response
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Thank you for sharing your experience. It’s great to hear that the product culture, autonomy, and exposure to meaningful challenges are coming through so strongly, along with the support for growth into leadership roles. Creating an environment where people feel trusted, can contribute, and continue to develop is a key part of how product teams succeed. We appreciate you taking the time to share this perspective. – Your employer branding team at Wolters Kluwer
4.0
24 Jun 2026
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Pros

Wolters Kluwer has some genuinely amazing people working for them and offers flextime for good work/life balance

Cons

Recently began pushing to "inhouse-outsource" as much of the core business functions as possible to their new service center in Pune, India. While many of my Indian colleagues are exceptional people, the constant turnover with overseas contractors and haphazard hiring and training process means that many of these staff members are woefully underprepared and set up for failure. As an example, I had to train my Indian contractor replacement before I left - while he was a lovely person, he had zero training in or experience with US payroll, benefit or tax structures despite that being approximately 50% of my core job function.

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