Cengage reviews

It's too spread geographically across the country, thus limiting the effective collaboration and teamwork. Moreover, if you're from software or high technology background, this place will shock you.

Nearly everything else. This company has carried out mass layoffs relentlessly, month after month and year after year, including loyal 10-30 year employees that they replace for half the price if at all. Loyalty here means nothing; the company has made it clear they don’t care about you. They won’t invest in your growth (though they’ll put on a show that they do). They won’t fix deep, systemic issues with morale (though they’ll act like they’re addressing them). Advancement here has nothing to do with talent or results. It’s all about obedience theater, parroting leaderships corporate nonsense, and showing public loyalty at the all costs (including your dignity.) 90% of your time at this company will be spent on managing or participating in office politics, the other 10% is maybe doing your job if you’re lucky. In reality, it seems like they’re deliberately pushing people out, likely to avoid paying severance and to refill or outsource positions at a fraction of the cost. Employee moral is at an all time low, though leadership likes to pretend otherwise and look the other way. They will pays lip service to autonomy and empowerment, but in practice micromanages every minor detail while also belittling their people. They pretend to be inventive, announcing half-baked initiatives handed down with no real thought behind them, while expecting employees to treat these directives as gospel though there is zero thought put into actual execution. The result is that everything is half-assed, rushed, and outsourced at twice the expense for half the quality, all on the backs of the remaining full-time employees. You won’t be valued as a professional; you’ll simply be a life raft for leadership and the private equity firm in their pursuit of an IPO.