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Pros
"Great work life balance with a comfortable working atmosphere" (in 149 reviews)
"Great people and a really friendly environment" (in 95 reviews)
Cons
"In some cases, they even created "new positions" for people who were personal friends with upper management" (in 71 reviews)
"Work-life balance can quickly become unbalanced if you're not careful" (in 28 reviews)
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Helpful (2)
Great vision, and commitment to excellence
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Cengage full-time for more than 20 years
Pros
The leadership of the company has been jaw-droppingly motivated, visionary, and transparent. They have turned a company haunted by downturns in the market into a trendsetter that is adapting profitably. Along the way they have been committed to employee growth and job satisfaction. I am thrilled with what we are doing for learning. Cengage is a good company with a good purpose!
Cons
The education market is highly scrutinized by media and government.
Advice to Management
Keep doing what you are doing. In 20 years with the company, you are the only management group tackling the real problems, and doing so successfully.
Cengage2018-11-07 Helpful (1)
People Helping People
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Cengage full-time for more than 9 years
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Cengage Learning, simply put, is about people helping people. One student at a time, one instructor at a time, one person at a time---and they do this all the time, each day, every day, 24/7.
Cons
None. If you get the opportunity to work with Cengage, do it.
Advice to Management
Continue to embrace what's next.
Cengage2019-02-06Great
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Cengage part-time for more than 2 years
Pros
Laid back managers and supervisors
Cons
Can get dead 75% of the year.
Advice to Management
None.
Cengage2019-01-29Helpful (15)
Stay far away - outdated company pretending to be innovative and boasting a fake culture
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Cengage full-time for more than 2 years
Pros
-Bonus/commission in sales can be very good if you exceed your goal -Boston office has some decent benefits in retrospect -Coworkers are great
Cons
-Management can be terrible (obviously depends on team). In my case I had an extreme micromanager that was negatively impacting the whole team. HR does not care about manager evaluation or the happiness/health of employees. -Little room for base salary increase -Constantly restructuring and making cuts -Travel budgets are decreasing -Quiet office with no life to it -Talks about having an incredible culture that cannot...
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-Start anonymously surveying employees and take the results seriously -Provide ongoing management training -Ensure more groups are working together and not siloed. Even within a division/channel, our teams were extremely separated -Move away from mid year and full year commission structure to a more regular (monthly or quarterly structure) so employees are constantly motivated -Clearly identify roles and be transparent...
Show MoreCengage2019-01-25Helpful (2)
Extremely demanding, somewhat rewarding
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Doesn't RecommendI have been working at Cengage full-time for more than 2 years
Pros
Overall, there's a great culture and the work is interesting and rewarding.
Cons
Inconsistent values. For example, despite months of internal messaging about the importance of quality learning design, product leadership will still mandate that teams quickly churn out "fluff" products with little very budget, almost guaranteeing poor quality.
Cengage2019-02-09Best place to work
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Cengage full-time for more than a year
Pros
Work life balance, benefits, being part of a actual team who cares, non micromanaging , friendly atmosphere
Cons
Communication needs some work on individual teams
Advice to Management
None at this time
Cengage2019-01-27Helpful (3)
Great Company - Poor Pay
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Cengage full-time for more than a year
Pros
Great time off benefits, really value the employees
Cons
The sales target goals are ridiculous. There is a huge downward trend in sales for the past for years and the set the target as if we are able to make it magically turn around in one year, with the release of CU even though it cuts at our sales even more.
Advice to Management
Set better sales targets.
Cengage2019-02-06Thoughtful, Supportive, Exciting Company
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Cengage full-time for more than 9 years
Pros
Cengage is a leader in ed tech at the college level. Constantly adapting to new information, the company’s executives manage change smartly.
Cons
Constant change can make for a challenging work experience, but even so, the company does all it can to help people manage it well by communicating frankly and understanding people’s needs.
Cengage2019-01-25Helpful (4)
Sounded Like My Dream Job
StarStarStarStarStarNeutral OutlookI worked at Cengage full-time for more than a year
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...
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Get a hold of problems before they get out of hand. And if it’s too late, find a way to keep the better of the tribal knowledge on payroll full time for an adequate period of time. At least until the error logging system isn’t filing away 20 errors per minute.
Cengage2019-02-01Opportunities amass
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Cengage full-time for more than a year
Pros
Amaaaaaazing manager. Growth opportunities. Super Flexible. Great management, very easy to speak to people in different departments
Cons
Lack of diversity. Their workforce doesn't represent the people they serve
Cengage2019-01-19
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Cengage Response
November 21, 2018 – CEO
Thank you for an impressive 20 years of service. I am personally grateful for the leadership from our Executive Team and from leaders like you at every level across the company. Our focus on access and affordability is truly game-changing for everyone in the education ecosystem. However, ...
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