Don't Do It for the Money - Learning Consultant Cengage Employee Review

4.0
Mar 1, 2017
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

New management teams are focused on building a transparent, supportive, family-style work culture to foster success. I applaud the level of transparency among departments and the willingness to work together to achieve goals. Great personal and professional development opportunities. Company is good at recognizing talent, and promoting from within. Every position is considered a stepping stone to something better. If you want to take on more responsibility and stand out, all you have to do is ask. Company is not just money hungry, we really do care about improving the student experience and improving education around the world.

Cons

The company pays on average less than its competitors and salary increases are hard to get without providing a competitive offer, even when raises are well deserved. Several recent internal reorgs have created a feeling of insecurity towards job retention. You may find yourself with more responsibilities than you signed on for and lacking adequate compensation.

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3.0
Jun 4, 2026
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Company has some interesting approaches to the market and in the past they seemed value employees. There are some good employees there and there was, in the past, visionary leadership, but the people with the vision and leadership skills left the company a few years ago.

Cons

The company actively de-values employees. They had a project they called "Project Horizon" where they told all employees they needed to cut costs, so the company was going to have multiple layoffs over 3-5 years - but nobody was allowed to know when, where, or why - - just one day large swaths of people would be gone. That hung over everyone's heads - for years, and is indicative of how Cengage values employees - it doesn't. Everything is about trying to secure new funding and prepare for an IPO, so they stopped investing significantly in the products about 3 years ago and that's about when they stopped acting like they cared about employee wellness as well.

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