It's a great place to work -- but better if you're working in a department other than GPMS. - Production Cengage Employee Review

3.0
Dec 5, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Cengage's Mason office offers great benefits, a pleasant work environment and professional colleagues.

Cons

The GPMS division is looked down upon by other divisions, which makes interdepartmental mobility difficult. Despite receiving excellent annual reviews while working in Cengage's production group, despite earning an MBA, and despite having nearly 10 years of editorial experience prior to working at Cengage, I could not get hired into their editorial group.

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Cons

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Cons

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