Cengage reviews

Bi-annual payouts are being used as a way to evaluate performance 2x a year therefore making it easy to fire employees much more quickly than before (3 years ave prior, 18 months ave now). Thinning of the herd appears to be directed at the "long-timers", reps who have been highly productive in the past, but due to territory shake-ups, find themselves needing to build a new customer base and only about a year to do it. Good excuse to fire very talented, but highly paid, employees. Constant layoffs and rehires are a shell game for investors to distract from the lack of achievement after bankruptcy. Company is financially very unstable. Products are incredibly over-priced; technology is being forced as the lower cost option rather than the actual solution (square peg, round hole). Promised products are not getting delivered leaving sales and marketing to deal with the fallout. Cronyism at its finest. New management teams were all brought over from same competitor; empty positions are being filled with lackeys from said competitor. HR is not your friend. Many colleagues made the mistake of expecting HR to help them, they are there to help the company and the management teams, not you.

Multiple reorgs upon reorgs. New CEO seems smart but brought in some real bad people. These people manage my fear and intimidation. CPO states in public that he needs throats to choke. Really? Way to go in terms of motivating your employee base. I saw many many highly skilled hard working people fired so the CPO could bring in his friends. I finally could not take it any longer and started my job search. Glad I am out of that very unhealthy place. Avoid employment here if at all possible.