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      So glad and grateful to be out of there - Anonymous employee Cengage Employee Review

      2.0
      20 Aug 2024
      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      I 'grew up' at Cengage. I had the best manager a person could have and I thrived. Was my first corporate job and liked the perks! Car, bonuses, pay, etc. Benefits are good. Tuition reimbursement and just overall solid benefits. I am grateful for my time there and there's a lot of solid people. And the severance when the layoff happened was great, plus they set you up with a company to help you find another job.

      Cons

      The last two years were brutal. I had survived multiple re-orgs and layoffs, and I'm glad I was let go when I was. Disorganized, so much gossip, toxic complaining, And the products are good but not great and constant tech issues (which I know will exist anywhere) The industry is not great and hasn't been for awhile. It's hard to be a part of that when you're working for a company that needs to survive. And all the stuff with Cengage being bought by some other company to make us profitable? I get it, it's a company and needs to make money. My time was done at Cengage. Lots of unhappy people and that's what people are bonded on (trauma bonding?!) They are trying but I'm just glad to not have to fake a smile anymore.

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      Cengage Response
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      Thank you for sharing your feedback about your experience at Cengage Group. I appreciate your candor, and that you took the time to share your experience and perspective as a former employee who spent over five years with us. I understand that organizational change can be challenging and that it can impact the overall work environment. The entire leadership team continuously strives to address these challenges and create a positive and efficient work environment for our employees to navigate through these changes. I wish you the best in your future endeavors. Thank you for being a part of our team. Best, Michael Hansen, CEO

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      3.0
      4 Jun 2026
      Director of marketing
      Recommend
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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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