Corporate bullies - Sales Representative Cengage Employee Review

1.0
3 Aug 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Following the same sentiment of all the other reviewers, the people that are actually doing the work are amazing. There is a good work life balance for most people. PTO and holiday time are generous.

Cons

There are many cons to working for Gale Cengage right now but there is only one that I think is important to address and for people to know about. Given the current state of bullying in this country, perhaps brought to light by the age of social media, I proudly stand with the people that are speaking out and rallying against it. Whether it is a child in grade school or a grown adult, no one should be subject to bullying. Having just attended another “town hall” at a recent Gale sales meeting, I am appalled, absolutely appalled that I am witnessing bullying in my own company. A top executive stood up in front of hundreds of my colleagues and began to berate and bully another sales rep in front of everyone. Don’t think that is a one-time occurrence – he’s done it many times. Meanwhile the CEO sits nearby and does nothing to stop it and has continued to let it happen.

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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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