Cengage reviews

My observations and opinion: Constant changes to company structure and lack of communication between departments at highest echelons results in costly delays and general confusion. Recent announcements deleteriously affecting several hundred employees have been treated as business-as-usual and the scope and seriousness are being downplayed to other offices. There appears to be a lack of responsibility for poor decisions in the direction of the company which has angered and saddened those affected by the changes announced last week. The outsourcing of many crucial projects to vendors has been nightmarish for product teams. Hiring freezes, inability to advance, and low compensation compared to other companies in educational technology mean that talent are going elsewhere.

-Management can be terrible (obviously depends on team). In my case I had an extreme micromanager that was negatively impacting the whole team. HR does not care about manager evaluation or the happiness/health of employees. -Little room for base salary increase -Constantly restructuring and making cuts -Travel budgets are decreasing -Quiet office with no life to it -Talks about having an incredible culture that cannot be found -We are not a technology leader. We have so many issues with digital delivery and our separated systems. We must improve our internal technology to service our customers well