Does Cengage pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Cengage employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Cengage. This rating has decreased by 10% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Cengage?

31% of Cengage employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Cengage 3.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.8 for culture and values and 2.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Cengage?

Learning Consultant (77) , Account Executive (62) , Sales Representative (56) , Manager (42) , Product Manager (36) , Project Manager (30) , Sales (29) , Sales Consultant (29) , Product Assistant (28) , Customer Service Representative (26) , Director (23) , Software Engineer (23) , Content Developer (19) , Account Manager (18) , Marketing (18)

What are the pros of working at Cengage according to real employee reviews?

"There are some great people at Cengage and the open work environment is collaborative and fast paced." ((in 318 reviews)); "Good benefits and easy onboarding" ((in 181 reviews)); "Work life balance is great" ((in 116 reviews)); "Colleagues are great and genuinely care." ((in 86 reviews)); "Great team to work with." ((in 66 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Cengage according to real employee reviews?

"Increasingly low pay for sales..little chance for advancement unless you are part of the "in crowd"" ((in 111 reviews)); "poor management of employees" ((in 106 reviews)); "Constant layoffs every two years and irrespective of how much significance you are to the team you might be laid off" ((in 75 reviews)); "low salaries compared to industry standard" ((in 72 reviews)); "Upper management is always reorganizing." ((in 67 reviews))

What are employees saying about Cengage layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Cengage layoffs and their outlook for job security at Cengage in 2026.

Cengage reviews

2.9

31% would recommend to a friend

(2,401 total reviews)

Michael Hansen

39% approve of CEO

24% positive business outlook

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Cengage has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 2,401 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Cengage employee rating is 22% below average for employers within the Mídia e comunicação industry (3.7 stars).

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2.0

May 13, 2024

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Anonymous employee

Recommend

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Pros

Excellent place to work, great colleagues and interesting work

Cons

Senior Exec team are ruthless. Chief Exec likes to talk about the companies credo and ethics but they are constantly laying off long serving and excellent staff. Current programme ongoing to lay off editorial and production staff and replace with workers in India. They are also developing their own AI so I would suspect that will be used to justify further cuts.

1.0

Mar 19, 2024

Really changing the educational landscape

Manager

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

most of the people are great

Cons

sending everything to india while raising prices and cutting pay

3.0

Jan 29, 2024

Lots of change

Director

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits and competitive pay

Cons

Near-sighted organizational changes being made, out of touch executive leadership

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