Does Cengage pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Cengage employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Cengage. This rating has decreased by 10% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Cengage?

35% of Cengage employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Cengage 3.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.9 for culture and values and 2.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Cengage?

Learning Consultant (77) , Account Executive (62) , Sales Representative (55) , Manager (42) , Product Manager (36) , Project Manager (30) , Product Assistant (28) , Sales (28) , Sales Consultant (28) , Customer Service Representative (26) , Director (23) , Software Engineer (23) , Content Developer (19) , Account Manager (18) , Marketing (18)

What are the pros of working at Cengage according to real employee reviews?

"There are some great people at Cengage and the open work environment is collaborative and fast paced." ((in 320 reviews)); "Good benefits and easy onboarding" ((in 189 reviews)); "Work life balance is great" ((in 121 reviews)); "Colleagues are great and genuinely care." ((in 88 reviews)); "Great team to work with." ((in 65 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Cengage according to real employee reviews?

"poor management of employees" ((in 110 reviews)); "Increasingly low pay for sales..little chance for advancement unless you are part of the "in crowd"" ((in 107 reviews)); "Constant layoffs and rehires are a shell game for investors to distract from the lack of achievement after bankruptcy." ((in 74 reviews)); "Upper management is always reorganizing." ((in 70 reviews)); "Salary is low unless you produce and reach upper bonus tiers." ((in 68 reviews))

What are employees saying about Cengage redundancies in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Cengage redundancy and their outlook for job security at Cengage in 2026.

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3.0

35% would recommend to a friend

(2,392 total reviews)

Michael Hansen

43% approve of CEO

27% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.4

Diversity and inclusion

3.4

Work/Life balance

2.9

Culture and values

2.9

Compensation and benefits

2.5

Career opportunities

2.4

Senior management

Cengage has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,392 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Cengage employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

2K reviews

1.0

12 Jul 2017

Below avg. company

Editor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Nice Salary and nothing else.

Cons

People with 3-4 years of experience in publishing becomes AGM. A production editor becomes Publishing Manager and doing Acquisitions. Favoritism and bootlicking are prevalent here. People with no market knowledge are made managers in the editorial department. No proper emphasis on the development of the book. Just publishing a high number of titles is the goal. Worst company to work for in terms of learning.

1.0

19 Mar 2026

Worst culture in this domain

Content project manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

They offer you to work remotely, the laptop is really nice plus they give ample of leaves

Cons

The whole management sucks and they dont care about work life balance or employees wellbeing

1.0

8 Apr 2026

Politics! Mediocrity! Job Insecurities| Mass Layoffs

Executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Nothing I have experienced.There are no Pros because politics is there in every book and corner.

Cons

Company is dominated by old mediocre employees who are insecure and to safeguard themselves they use politics as tool. Job security is all time low. Not a company to join. No trainings and No growth .Company is worst and claims themselves as employee Centric. Company MD-India, itself creates divide between employees. Managers spends time using Netflix in office . May layoffs are happing in India and ironically the least productive people who are good at politics are surviving. People who left companies like Pearson and McGrawhill and joined has been laid off. Salary is way less than market standards. Work life balance is poor . One team is not allowed to talk to the other team. Staff is rude. This is typical LALA company with no empathy. Unskilled managers are promoted. Company will not survive long . Pays university librarians to do brokerage. Global leadership actually abuse juniors , abuse means real cuss words

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