Good place to work, but too many problems... - Recensione dipendente - Dipendente anonimo presso Cengage

1,0
19 lug 2023
Dipendente anonimo
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Good, kind hard working colleagues Fully remote

Svantaggi

I was laid off due to reduction in force. Makes sense, the education publishing industry is struggling each year, and Cengage keeps making odd decisions. I was not given a reason why I was chosen to be laid off, but even with the strong and valuable contributions I gave to this company, none of my work mattered in the end. So if you want to consider a place that's good for the short-term, consider working here. Don't give it your all here, as your job is never safe, and your contributions won't matter when there are frequent reorganizations and good people being laid off regularly.

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Risposta di Cengage
2y
Thank you for taking the time to share your perspective. Regarding restructuring, we periodically evaluate our strategy and approach to ensure we are best set-up to meet the needs of our student and educator customers and drive results in our business. Unfortunately, those evaluations sometimes result in difficult decisions that impact our colleagues. These decisions are not made lightly as we know the impact it can have on individuals and teams. As the education industry evolves, we must evolve as well. I wish you the best in your next endeavors. Best, Michael Hansen, CEO

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5,0
1 mar 2026
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

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Strong CEO leadership and mission driven company, leveraging innovation to anticipate and address needs in education.

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3,0
4 giu 2026
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Gradimento del CEO
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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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