Low pressure, but not a leading company - Recensione dipendente - Anonymous presso Cengage

1,0
13 nov 2015
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Lower management are all great. They know that they have little resources so treat their employees well.

Svantaggi

Not innovative at all, low pay, over worked, executives set high unreachable benchmarks which means no bonuses, yet executives still receive large bonuses, executives more interested in making themselves look good. Middle management are told to be there own CEO - which translates to no funding and if you don't meet your numbers you get fired. Constant turnover in middle management as a result. Executives take no responsibility.

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Risposta di Cengage
10y
Thank you for your insights. I agree that we are successfully undertaking a major transformation of the company; we are rapidly nearing a crossover point in which digital product sales will overtake declining print. That is one of numerous positive inflection points for us. However, change comes at an emotional cost for many, and it comes in more tangible ways for those whose roles are most deeply affected. I would value your specific suggestions to both practically address your concerns (for example, your description of goal-setting sounds unreasonable to me too) and ease the sense of fatigue that often accompanies change initiatives at this stage, while still promoting our business evolution. Please consider e-mailing me directly.

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

Vantaggi

Total rewards, time off, great people and culture

Svantaggi

Lots of changes and uncertainty at times

3,0
4 giu 2026
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

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.

Svantaggi

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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