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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
      2.0
      Jan 13, 2013

      Pro activity and hard work are actively discouraged.

      Production
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Decent benefits. Some good colleagues. Easy work.

      Cons

      Incompetence abounds. No one is held accountable. Lack of work ethic in the department I worked in. The middle managers were "yes" women as they didn't want to "rock the boat." Only fellow yes women were promoted in that department. I worked hard, did my job, and did it right; however, that wasn't enough. I needed to join the "quilting circle" to be part if the "in crowd." Sorry, I came to do my work. I didn't go to work to chit chat and sing "Kumbaya" in the friendship circle. Senior management very male dominated. They talked a good game, but never seemed to follow through.

      2.0
      Jan 4, 2013

      Great potential, challenging culture.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Cengage Learning has some great people and market leading products in its portfolio. In many teams, people and their experience are valued, and innovation is allowed to flourish. The company has a great attitude towards charitable giving through a wide variety of campaigns and projects, which makes employees feel good about giving back to the likes of Teach for America, It Gets Better videos for LBGT community, Everybody Wins Power Lunch reading mentor program and more.

      Cons

      Currently, Cengage is owned by Apax Capital Investments, and my experience at CL was that there is a huge disconnect about the changing reality of higher education, pricing, and urgency to change the way publishers deliver content in the face of open source content, new technology, and a number of new players on the tech scene. Many managers have been promoted with little to no experience actually managing products or people, and the result is a lack of cohesive overall strategy. This lack of consistency can pit cross functional teams at odds with the goals of other groups. Additionally, the heavily leveraged financial situation that Cengage faces is troubling for stability and confidence that they are willing to invest what it takes to deliver tomorrow's solutions for their rapidly changing markets.

      3.0
      Dec 26, 2012

      Good place to hone skills, but they don't promote executives from within.

      Design director
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Intelligent, caring people at midlevels and below. Work with subject matter experts and talented editors who are eager to make a difference with the work they do. Relatively luxurious timelines to get product out the door. Frequent contact with customers - deans, professors, students - is very insightful and helps create better information products.

      Cons

      Executives change out frequently, and each brings in their solution to save publishing. Very male dominated at the top levels. Most product decisions have moved from the West Coast innovation centers to East Coast business offices.

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