Corporate mgmt is busy shuffling business units instead of curing dysfunction within those units. - Anonymous employee Cengage Employee Review

2.0
Jan 25, 2009
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Starting pay is comparable to other companies in the area. You choose (and pay accordingly) for the level of healthcare you need.

Cons

Feedback and promotions are not merit-based. Rather, promotions are based on attractiveness and personal dress, as well as "political" affiliations.

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3.0
Jun 4, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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