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      3.0

      34% would recommend to a friend

      (2,397 total reviews)
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      Michael Hansen

      43% approve of CEO

      27% positive business outlook

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      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 2,397 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
      Feb 11, 2016

      More Ego than Skill

      Senior program marketing manager
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Fair compensation, appropriate work/life balance for half the year, sufficient resources committed toward business goals.

      Cons

      Company seemed to be driven by the ego of senior management rather than by the collective skill of its workers. Company had a ridiculous number of reorgs over my four years (7 large reorganizations), not giving any strategy enough time to work before scrapping it and going for something else. Too many decisions based on relationship politics rather than smart strategy.

      1.0
      Jan 28, 2019

      Great Colleagues; Poor Leadership in a Sea of Bad Decisions

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Talented coworkers; solid efforts to create camaraderie in the office

      Cons

      My observations and opinion: Constant changes to company structure and lack of communication between departments at highest echelons results in costly delays and general confusion. Recent announcements deleteriously affecting several hundred employees have been treated as business-as-usual and the scope and seriousness are being downplayed to other offices. There appears to be a lack of responsibility for poor decisions in the direction of the company which has angered and saddened those affected by the changes announced last week. The outsourcing of many crucial projects to vendors has been nightmarish for product teams. Hiring freezes, inability to advance, and low compensation compared to other companies in educational technology mean that talent are going elsewhere.

      2.0
      Sep 4, 2016

      Good Mission, Poor Execution

      It management
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      really good mission: educating students I enjoy my teammates The compensation is fair

      Cons

      Some members of upper mgt are bullies. Ask a legitimate question and you'll be berated in public. That has a chilling effect on free speech. The outsourced services are substandard relative to what is replaced and turnaround time on routine matters is up %15. Core team members are overworked

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