Good place to work! - Human Resources Cengage Employee Review

4.0
19 Aug 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The company is in a good place. We have been through a lot of change over the past couple of years but have a clear direction now and strong leadership. We are more focused on our customers than ever. Cengage employees are great and always have been. The people I work with daily are smart, collaborative, and helping to build a great business. I really enjoy what I do, the people I work with and the company I work for.

Cons

It has been a tough road through bankruptcy and the transformation from a print business to a digital business. There are still some tough days ahead to get to where we want to be.

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3.0
4 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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