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      2.9

      31% would recommend to a friend

      (2,400 total reviews)
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      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 2,400 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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      2K reviews
      2.0
      Mar 16, 2018

      Terrible Middle Management and Technology within their products

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The only pro - Work-life balance in the Raleigh office

      Cons

      Middle Management has little experience in managing and doesn't respect their employees wishes and future. I worked there for 10 months, saw multiple products and their code bases are aging / dying without a foreseeable good resolution in the near future. Look at LinkedIn and see the number of folks that stay for short periods of time and then leave, that says it all without words. My two week notice was not respected as without conversation or knowledge 4 days in, I was told the day of that that was my last day and I wouldn't be paid for the remainder of my notice. They claim to be a React and Java shop, two products I saw use React and the rest are a mixture of 10 years worth of JS.

      3.0
      Mar 13, 2018

      Liked it until my pay was cut

      Sales consultant
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Leader in the market. Well received in the field Customers are generally receptive and eager Sales colleagues and generally collaborative and helpful.

      Cons

      Sales goals appear random and unfair at times. No explanation is given. There is no consistency and no means of recourse. One year they could single you out for a dramatic increase at the same time that they significantly decrease everyone else's goal on the same team. It will take a huge bite out of your earnings. Like a difference of $40K in a year when you actually increased sales year over year. Don't bring in any large sales in April until goals are announced. They'll just add that on top of the goal they are going to give you. Save it for May or June.

      1.0
      Apr 30, 2017

      Dysfunctional

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great colleagues, compassionate, and hard working. They care about their products, students, faculty and education. There are people here with expertise, loyalty, and real passion for education.

      Cons

      Dysfunctional with all the layoffs, reorganizations, and silo mentality. I agree with many other posters- lots of bullying happening from management. One of the biggest bullies recently left, but the culture carries on. Those with experience are not respected and upper management does not want to hear from employees, change and direction comes from the top down. Employees are afraid to speak up at town halls in fear so ask leading questions to make them and management look good. The work load continues to grow, yet salaries do not. The office is depressing and everyone is in fear of losing their job-every day.

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