Cengage Learning Employer Reviews

A typical day at work is mostly project management of some sort for most all employees. Though Cengage has no PMO, all workflows and workloads are heavily tracked. The "worker bees" all get along and work well as a team.

The hardest part of the job is adhering to Rights and Permissions, but that is to be expecting within the publishing industry.

The – more... most enjoyable part of the job is working with such great people. – less

Dealt with students and faculty. Helped the students and faculty with resolving issues in the microsoft office test envirment.

Many middle managers who micro-manage instead of focusing on progress, leadership and efficiencies. No employee empowerment, poor cross-functional partnership and tons of red tape. It takes an eternity to accomplish the simplest of tasks. Recommended for those who just want to casually put in their 7.5 hours and go home

In the 14 months I've worked with Cengage, they've had 3 re-orgs. The latest, a month ago, had 25% of salesforce and sales management thrown under the bus. I mean people who'd been with the organization 20-30 years.
All new management, many of whom have no experience in higher ed sales. No one knows what's going to change next. Everyone is on pins and – more... needles and confused as to procedures.

Higher ed publishing is a risky place to build a career right now. – less

In had the wonderful opportunity to work at this company for many years. Company focuses on employee development and offers many opportunities to add to an employees Career Growth.

Multiple re-orgs, direction-less management, prices 30-40% above competitiors, confusing product lines, investment firm/owners are heavily in debt.

Cengage has sourced the AP department to another company located outside the United States and our jobs are being elimated effective March 29, 2013. Cengage has been a very good company to work for. The typical work day consisted of processing 200-400 invoices for a weekly check run. Each day would correspond with vendors or company co-workers regarding – more... invoices, payments and other issues. My manager is very well liked and highly respected by all within the department. I enjoy a very fast paced, accountability job. – less

Working for Cengage was always rewarding and exciting. I was provided with competitive compensation, valuable training and career advancement opportunities.

I would be happy to return to support Cengage Learning.

I am not an employee, I am a contracted consultant.

I WORK THERE 21 YEARS. RETIRED NOW LOOKING FOR PART TIME JOB MAYBE 4 HOURS ADAY.

Projects are very fast passed with high volume. The position I held evolved from a mostly web publishing position to a purely project management role rather quickly. The people here are wonderful and fun to get to know.

This organization has no sense of direction or is able to provide guidance to its employees. This is not only true of the group I was in, others in several departments shared this frustration. I was unable to get a chart of accounts from anyone including the VP of the organization, a key guide for being successful in my role.

Typical Day: possibility to review manuscript, write copy for marketing materials, generate forecast reports, plan meetings

I learned project management skills via a mentoring program, how to organize my time to get the jobs done

Management mainly hands off

Co-workers supportive, fun to be around

Hardest and most enjoyable parts of the job were – more... making sure deadlines were met, that every detail was attended to and internal and external customers were satisfied – less

The management is very involved with your day-to-day progress. They are a great company that offers excellent benefits to all employees from the date of employment. The advancement from within is great to see from fellow coworkers. This company has a great record of employees who return, as well as, employees length of employment there. It is just too – more... long of a commute for myself to live in Lexington and drive to Independence, KY everyday. – less

Getting worse with industry changing but goals and bonuses not keeping up with changes in the industry.

Cengage is a forward-thinking company.
Co-workers are creative.
Management is relatively transparent.
Online systems are ever-changing, but trying to improve.

Fast paced environment where you will learn a lot of new skills.

Awsome people to work with and very encouraging and motiving environment.

My co-workers are helpful, informative, and supportive. The hardest part of the job is maintaining motivation for the full sales cycle. Working on one sale for 4 months can be exhausting. The constant updates to the resources and technology at our fingertips is probably the most enjoyable part of the job.

For the 18 years I worked there I was extremely satisfied. They gave good compensation. The only reason Job Security/Advancement is such a low position is because lately they are eliminating lots of jobs.