Cengage Software Developer reviews

4.3

84% would recommend to a friend

(37 total reviews)
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Michael Hansen

61% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Software Developer employees have rated Cengage with 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 37 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Cengage is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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37 reviews
4.0
Mar 26, 2019

Good company with Open Culture

Recommend
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Pros

1. Nice company to work with open culture. 2. Recognition of work irrespective of hierarchies. 3. Salary as per market standards.

Cons

1. Be more creative in education world for making better solutions for Students.

2.0
Jan 31, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

-Excellent work environment -Laid back WFH rules and decent work-life balance -Free snacks in the kitchen, often with leftover pizza -Most peers were nice and easy to talk to

Cons

-The entire prior engineering team for my product was fired before arrival. Other team mates were just as new as me. -Job description emphasized modern stack, actual stack was very old, clunky and no plans to upgrade. Often brought up in meetings that the business wasn’t sure if they were investing in our team’s product. -Broken deployment pipeline, server team didn’t seem to have a disaster plan in place, Software was a ticking time bomb and wouldn’t debug locally (easily, that is) -Bulk of the work was SQL data entry and help desk style tickets. -Lack of resources behind the software we support due to lack of prior engineering team members. -The laid back WFH and work-life balance can come back to haunt you if you’re the one who is always on time to work. -On time attendance was heavily stressed for daily stand ups but never enforced.

2.0
Dec 4, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

You most likely will work with nice and friendly people. Company sponsored social events. Ability to work from home 1-2 days a week.

Cons

Death marshes all the time. Very, very high turnover rate among GPT (technology). Extremely low merit increases in the past 2 years. Company considers 1% merit increase as normal and 2% for exceeding expectations employees. Culture where Contractors and Professional Services people are treated better than Full Time Employees.

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