A lot of ups and downs - Editor Cengage Employee Review

3.0
Jan 19, 2015
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Good salaries and benefits. A lot of different types of jobs are available. Movement within the company is encouraged.

Cons

To some extent, an old-boy network exists. Often the company doesn't seem interested In keeping long-term employees happy. Company seems to prefer new, young employees to whom Cengage doesn't have to pay bigger salaries.

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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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