Does Cengage pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Cengage employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.9 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?

34% 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, 2.9 for culture and values and 2.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Cengage?

Learning Consultant (77) , Account Executive (62) , Sales Representative (55) , Manager (42) , Product Manager (36) , Project Manager (30) , Sales Consultant (29) , Product Assistant (28) , Sales (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 309 reviews)); "Good benefits and easy onboarding" ((in 187 reviews)); "Work life balance is great" ((in 118 reviews)); "Colleagues are great and genuinely care." ((in 88 reviews)); "Great team to work with." ((in 58 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 119 reviews)); "poor management of employees" ((in 109 reviews)); "Constant layoffs and rehires are a shell game for investors to distract from the lack of achievement after bankruptcy." ((in 74 reviews)); "Upper management is always reorganizing." ((in 71 reviews)); "Unfortunately salary is low and needs improvement" ((in 69 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

3.0

34% would recommend to a friend

(2,396 total reviews)

Michael Hansen

43% approve of CEO

27% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.4

Diversity & inclusion

3.4

Work/Life balance

2.9

Culture & values

2.9

Compensation and benefits

2.5

Career opportunities

2.4

Senior management

Cengage has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,396 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Cengage employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Mídia e comunicação industry (3.7 stars).

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2K reviews

3.0

Jun 1, 2016

Project Manager

Anonymous employee

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Great company, and the best people to work with. Everyone is kind, helpful, and very fun to work with. Also, it's a great position to get a bird's eye view of how the whole company works.

Cons

They are laying people off left and right. I would enjoy my job a lot more if my job didn't feel threatened every selling season.

1.0

Dec 22, 2015

Too much upper management and not enough people out in the field

Senior sales representative

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Working with people in academia can be pleasant. Summers can provide a lot of free time.

Cons

Churn and burn culture. No respect for human capital. Unrealistic growth expectations with limited product and lots of technology glitches.

1.0

Aug 8, 2014

Great potential in many areas but at mercy of dysfunctional Product Group management without ed tech skill or vision

Anonymous employee

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Great engineering, finance, legal and other teams and many talented, smart people in rank and file in Product Group --- on their own these would rate a 4+, but averaged out with the severely dysfunctional, backward Product Group management who have consolidated power a 1 is highest possible, since they call all shots and their track record is appalling and getting worse

Cons

Echoing other reviews: very poor product and product development leadership (leadership culture of fear rather than collaboration), especially on qual side. Huge gap and disconnect between the skill-set and knowledge base of senior Product Group mgt and the direction the company needs to head. "Executive management seems determined to destroy the company. The handful of people who actually understand educational technology in the company are marginalized or outright fired, while people who have years of demonstrated incompetence are put in charge because they are old world publishing" .

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