Really great people and company - Human Resources Cengage Employee Review

4.0
Dec 18, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The total compensation is quite good, a sizable portion is in the form of a company performance bonus and so people don't seem to really factor that in despite receiving one 11 out of the past 12 years. The work-life balance is great in most functional departments, although some are not as good. The people that you would work with, though, are top notch.

Cons

Lack of empowerment and accountability.

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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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