Learning Consultant - Learning Consultant Cengage Employee Review

1.0
21 Mar 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Company car & benefits compare favorably with other companies of the same size

Cons

Depending on the region, culture is toxic. Reps are afraid for their jobs, territories are constantly being tweaked, and disciplines are routinely vetted in case it becomes more profitable to represent them from the inside sales channel. Decisions take a long time so meanwhile those disciplines in a holding pattern are stuck with little to no marketing or editorial support. Reps are responsible to sell those products nonetheless. Key decisions about company longevity vs. bit by bit sell-off keeps everyone on tenterhooks.

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5.0
28 Mar 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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