Cengage reviews

2.8

29% would recommend to a friend

(2,413 total reviews)
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Michael Hansen

36% approve of CEO

23% positive business outlook

Cengage has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,413 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Cengage employee rating is 25% below average for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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3.0
Oct 21, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Very flexible and great people (fringe benefits and regular benefits have seriously been deteriorating over the years)

Cons

First things first - private equity really drove this company into a downward spiral as most folks know. They put way too much debt onto the company, taking a highly profitable company and turning it backwards (leadership all had to focus on paying back the debt for so long that they didn't focus on making the company keep growing). Beyond that general statement this review is specifically for Gale - Gale was a wonderful company for many years - truly standing by its mission to help educate and lift up the community it served. It was a great place to work. But leadership lost focus and it's very hard for folks at Gale to take the hard lines that need to be taking (cutting the fat -takes years to do this); putting the right people in leadership roles (one gentleman has a very high position and has a terrible track record and is derogatory toward everyone especially women yet keeps getting promoted); debt forces too many short-term decisions instead of looking 5 years down the road.

2.0
Oct 17, 2013

Good company going downhill fast - stop the bleeding

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Nice people to work with - it used to be an excellent company

Cons

Upper Management / chaotic environment / only one new product called Mindtap - not living up to it's hype at all / flight of really good people / goals are set without much thought / poor understanding of certain territories

2.0
Oct 17, 2013

very unstable environment

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

good people work at the company - it used to be a great company / people work hard at Cengage

Cons

poor compensation / unrealistic goals in certain parts of the country because management is not tuned in to the different areas / chaotic environment / slow on product development / a lot of backorder issues since the filing of Chapter 11 / counting too much on one digital product to pull Cengage out of this mess and it isn't enough

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