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      Cengage

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      Cengage reviews

      2.9

      31% would recommend to a friend

      (2,401 total reviews)
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      Michael Hansen

      39% approve of CEO

      24% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.4

      Work/Life balance

      3.2

      Diversity & inclusion

      2.8

      Culture & values

      2.8

      Compensation and benefits

      2.4

      Career opportunities

      2.3

      Senior management

      Cengage has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 2,401 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
      1.0
      Oct 5, 2019

      horribly deceiving

      Maintenance mechanic
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      they are very considerate to employee needs when it comes to things like needing to take off for family issues and such.

      Cons

      they don't deliver on any promises they make.massive incompetence in a multitude of leadership roles across all three shifts.the pay scales between departments is incorrect for the the job titles the employees are given.there is nothing in writing explaining how to train or educate yourself or others on how to advance in the company besides the obvious favoritism scam you see in the truly awful places to work.there are even currently several rumors of explicit and clearly tolerated racism among the third shift staff.they continue to hire new people at higher wages than the current employees are being paid while simultaneously mandating the current employees to train the new people.

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      Cengage Response
      6y
      As the head of our Independence office, I appreciate your raising these concerns. I would value the opportunity to discuss the issues you’ve raised – particularly the reported third shift behavior that runs so counter to our values. We have zero tolerance for racism and take even rumors quite seriously. I will look into this immediately, but please feel free to contact me directly. -- Joe Steffney, SVP, Supply Chain and Logistics
      2.0
      Jan 31, 2019

      Sounded Like My Dream Job

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      -Excellent work environment -Laid back WFH rules and decent work-life balance -Free snacks in the kitchen, often with leftover pizza -Most peers were nice and easy to talk to

      Cons

      -The entire prior engineering team for my product was fired before arrival. Other team mates were just as new as me. -Job description emphasized modern stack, actual stack was very old, clunky and no plans to upgrade. Often brought up in meetings that the business wasn’t sure if they were investing in our team’s product. -Broken deployment pipeline, server team didn’t seem to have a disaster plan in place, Software was a ticking time bomb and wouldn’t debug locally (easily, that is) -Bulk of the work was SQL data entry and help desk style tickets. -Lack of resources behind the software we support due to lack of prior engineering team members. -The laid back WFH and work-life balance can come back to haunt you if you’re the one who is always on time to work. -On time attendance was heavily stressed for daily stand ups but never enforced.

      2.0
      Dec 4, 2018

      High turnover rates and death marches

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      You most likely will work with nice and friendly people. Company sponsored social events. Ability to work from home 1-2 days a week.

      Cons

      Death marshes all the time. Very, very high turnover rate among GPT (technology). Extremely low merit increases in the past 2 years. Company considers 1% merit increase as normal and 2% for exceeding expectations employees. Culture where Contractors and Professional Services people are treated better than Full Time Employees.

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