Cengage reviews

2.8

30% would recommend to a friend

(2,409 total reviews)
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Michael Hansen

38% approve of CEO

23% positive business outlook

Cengage has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,409 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
1.0
Oct 23, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits are decent. The general staff are very hard working, talented and decent people.

Cons

Staff is overworked, underpaid and undervalued. Senior staff is very controlling, old school and derogatory towards anyone under them. They lack ethics, compassion and especially vision. Product line is confusing and inconsistent.

4.0
Oct 21, 2013

sales

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

different job every day keeps things interesting

Cons

was very happy with company and would recommend

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.

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