Cengage is a great company! - Instructional Designer Cengage Employee Review

5.0
2 Aug 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

I have been an employee of Cengage for 22 years. Cengage is a great company to work for and cares about the difference we make in the lives of all our customers. I have steadily advanced throughout my career with Cengage and the "sky is the limit" if you have the drive, ambition, work ethic, and problem solving skills to make it happen. I am compensated fairly for the work I do related to other positions outside the company with the same job title. In fact, I make quite a bit more. There is opportunity for bonus compensation as well. I have the ability to think outside the box and to collaborate with many others in the company to help design the best learning solutions for our customers. Cengage CARES about the student experience and strives to keep making it better. Cengage also has excellent customer service and this is well known in the education/learning industry. Cengage also has tuition assistance for those seeking a degree or advanced degree in a field related to the position you hold or would like to hold. I was lucky enough to receive a masters degree thanks to Cengage that lead to a promotion for me.

Cons

These days, we can't count on a bonus but I know we will get there again at some point. From my perspective, I do not have many cons.

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5.0
28 Mar 2026
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Pros

Total rewards, time off, great people and culture

Cons

Lots of changes and uncertainty at times

3.0
4 June 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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