Pros
Effective recruiting process - put a positive spin and made Cengage seem like a unique employer who truly cared and supported its employees through training, mentoring, and collaboration. Good benefits Some depts. and managers respect work/life balance
Cons
Constant cutbacks - employees are nickeled and dimed, but execs still travel too frequently to "strategic" offsite meetings (aka time wasting boondoggles) Senior leadership talks a good game and its carefully orchestrated PR campaign may lead some people to believe that they actually care about employees. Not the case.. There's a disconnect between what is portrayed in interviews with the reality of what daily life at Cengage is. The rosy picture depicted in interviews never was a reality -- my peers and my manager were too busy to train and guide me and then wondered why I wasn't a "good fit". High turnover has left many open positions (though they seem to be adding VPs every week) -- employees have too much work to be done and not enough time to realistically do a decent job. Pay is low - in comparison to similar jobs -- but the demands are relentless.