Stepford Wife type of philosophy - Sales Consultant Cengage Employee Review

3.0
Jan 6, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

They have great learning ing software for students and world class authors writing best selling textbooks.

Cons

They hire young, inexperienced higher ups who seen to "let go" really talented, smart, dedicated people, who are well liked by everyone, (authors, instructors, colleagues, etc). If you act like a Stepford Wife/Employee then you're doing fine. If you express any criticism challenge some of their stupid schemes or gimmicks, that's the end. You have to fake it and never complain about the direction the company is going or any of their ill-fated initiatives that just might end of grinding them to obscurity.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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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