Company trying to reinvent itself in a tough industry. Mildly succeeding. - Learning Consultant Cengage Employee Review

4.0
Oct 21, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Excellent work/life balance, solid values, and great hardworking employees make Cengage what it is.

Cons

Compensation for entry-level and non-managment jobs leaves a great deal to be desired. The future is very uncertain for the higher education publishing industry and as much as Cengage wants to transition to a mainly digital/software company the industry and demand for these solutions in not on par with its ambitions.

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5.0
Mar 1, 2026
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Pros

Strong CEO leadership and mission driven company, leveraging innovation to anticipate and address needs in education.

Cons

Moving fast, so change is a real part of the day to day operations.

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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