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      Great company with great benefits and competitive salary - Software Engineer Cengage Employee Review

      5.0
      Aug 12, 2020
      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      37.5 hours of work, work-life balance, very supportive of minorities, amazing CEO. Most managers are great and are very supportive of employees. Very few bad apples in higher management.

      Cons

      Talks of merger caused uncertainty (the merger would have been a bad idea, it would have killed the culture). Covid-19 temporary paycut was a mistake (lots of good employees left). Very political environment (tendency to maintain the status quo). Too many management changes (a bit unstable for middle management).

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      Cengage Response
      5y
      Thank you for leaving this feedback. It is great to read what is working for you, and where we still have room to improve. I understand that you feel the temporary pay cut was a mistake. In this case, we were planning for the unknown impact of Covid-19 and by executing these plans, we are positioned to successfully navigate this challenging period. We plan to pay back the salary reduction, if we collectively hit certain targets. I also agree that we are not afraid of disruption. Transforming education requires us to be nimble, learning from what works and where we can push further. I want to thank you for your more than five years of service on behalf of the students and educators we serve. I am always available if you’d like to continue this conversation, at any time. Best, Michael

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      Mar 28, 2026
      Content specialist
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      Pros

      Total rewards, time off, great people and culture

      Cons

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      3.0
      Jun 4, 2026
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      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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