Is Cengage a good company to work for?

Cengage has an overall rating of 2.8 out of 5, based on over 2,599 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 15% over the last 12 months. 31% of employees would recommend working at Cengage to a friend and 24% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Cengage have been left by employees working as Senior Learning Consultant , Digital Success Specialist and Enrollment Representative .

Does Cengage pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Cengage employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Cengage. This rating has decreased by 11% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Cengage?

31% of Cengage employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Cengage 3.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.8 for culture and values and 2.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Cengage?

Learning Consultant (77) , Account Executive (62) , Sales Representative (56) , Manager (42) , Product Manager (36) , Project Manager (30) , Sales (29) , Sales Consultant (29) , Product Assistant (28) , Customer Service Representative (26) , Director (23) , Software Engineer (23) , Content Developer (19) , Account Manager (18) , Marketing (18)

What are the pros of working at Cengage according to real employee reviews?

"There are some great people at Cengage and the open work environment is collaborative and fast paced." ((in 320 reviews)); "Good benefits and easy onboarding" ((in 190 reviews)); "Work life balance is great" ((in 122 reviews)); "Colleagues are great and genuinely care." ((in 88 reviews)); "Great team to work with." ((in 68 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Cengage according to real employee reviews?

"Increasingly low pay for sales..little chance for advancement unless you are part of the "in crowd"" ((in 117 reviews)); "poor management of employees" ((in 110 reviews)); "Constant layoffs every two years and irrespective of how much significance you are to the team you might be laid off" ((in 74 reviews)); "Salary is low unless you produce and reach upper bonus tiers." ((in 73 reviews)); "Upper management is always reorganizing." ((in 68 reviews))

What are employees saying about Cengage layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Cengage layoffs and their outlook for job security at Cengage in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Cengage locations?

Boston , Farmington Hills , Independence , Mason , San Francisco , Clifton Park , Cincinnati , Temecula , Raleigh , Chicago , New York , Belmont , Detroit , Los Angeles , Dallas , Albany , Madison , Florence , Washington , Houston , Atlanta , Richmond , Charlotte , San Diego , Louisville , Nashville , Seattle , Orlando , Remote , Birmingham

Cengage reviews

2.8

31% would recommend to a friend

(2,401 total reviews)

Michael Hansen

38% approve of CEO

24% positive business outlook

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Cengage has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,401 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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2K reviews

5.0

Apr 27, 2010

Center of Learning Engagement. Outstanding Company all around!

Business development manager

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Pros

Excellent Company to work for. Superior products, internal support, management, it's all very good.

Cons

Sales quotas are given out way late in the fiscal year.

3.0

Mar 28, 2010

Great HR team, benefits, and personnel. Poor management and terrible transparency.

Anonymous employee

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Pros

Cengage has an amazing HR department. They are responsive and really try and help employees even in difficult situations. The benefits are highly competitive with similar organizations and they do an excellent job with dealing with highly distributed teams and remote employees.

Cons

Goals, strategies, and results are very poorly communicated. Yearly financial objectives seem to be based more on wishful thinking than anything in reality. Even when objectives are met, bonuses and incentives are small and no in line with the performance indicators they are stated to be upon. I have also personally witnessed multiple high-level managements decisions which were made for either political or personal gain and resulted in disastrous consequences for the departments involved and the financial bottom line.

2.0

Jan 31, 2010

Sales and lack of advancement opportunities at Cengage

Anonymous employee

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CEO approval

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Nice coworkers and health/retirement benefits

Cons

Poor managers that just tow the company line

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Jobs at Cengage

General Labor, 10:00am to 6:30pm (Regular Full-Time)

Enrollment Representative (Remote Opportunity)

Student Advisor (Remote)

Customer Success Consultant (Remote)

General Labor, 10:00am-6:30pm (Temporary Full-Time)

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Center of Learning Engagement. Outstanding Company all around!

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