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 (29) , Sales Consultant (29) , Product Assistant (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 325 reviews)); "Good benefits and easy onboarding" ((in 185 reviews)); "Work life balance is great" ((in 116 reviews)); "Colleagues are great and genuinely care." ((in 85 reviews)); "Great team to work with." ((in 62 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Cengage according to real employee reviews?

"poor management of employees" ((in 109 reviews)); "Increasingly low pay for sales..little chance for advancement unless you are part of the "in crowd"" ((in 106 reviews)); "Constant layoffs and rehires are a shell game for investors to distract from the lack of achievement after bankruptcy." ((in 74 reviews)); "Unfortunately salary is low and needs improvement" ((in 71 reviews)); "Upper management is always reorganizing." ((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

(2,398 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 2,398 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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2.0

Feb 25, 2013

Fit for people who are looking for a conservative industry.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Working with people from other regional branch offices was a fun experience.

Cons

Conservative industry. Big political issues in branch office. Boss yelling at people everyday. Although I was not the one who's often yelled at, I feel bad for those who are mistreated. Lack of employee training program.

4.0

Feb 24, 2013

Great people working to make the company more profitable

Associate development editor

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

The content in history and political science is very strong and diverse. With numerous high-profile authors, the content side of the business popular and effective.

Cons

Digital delivery of content remains a struggle, as it is for many publishers. Since the company is a merger of several large and small companies, it has taken several years to iron out these pieces and standardize operations.

2.0

Feb 24, 2013

Like watching the Titanic sink

Sales representative

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Hard working reps, good benefits, work/life balance

Cons

Lack of direction, inferior technology products, lack of vision, ego-driven new upper management, This company is a mitigated disaster, and with constant reorgs, they can never get anything to take hold. Turning it into Pearson Lite (because, let's face it, that's what they've just done) won't help anything. Taking the chainsaw to 200 reps and manager in one day (many of them successful and experienced) will come back and bite them. Monster-sized territories will not help defeat the competition. Many people who were let go during the Cengage Chainsaw Massacre of 2013 feel like they are the lucky ones. I can't say I disagree.

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