To my Cengage colleagues stilled mired in the muck of this soulless entity, I just got a new gig and gonna take a little PTO before quitting. Happy Independence Day!!!!

I love seeing Cengage crumble through this gossip site and my friends eyes who still suffer there until they get a new gig. I get calls from professors asking for help lol. I just recommended other publishers.

Itai, if you’re reading this, it’s time. He has to go. Just do it.

People are asking good questions!

I am in the higher ed dep, so we usually get "significant impact" merit increase equating to 3.25% of salary regardless of performance. Has this percentage changed for this year? I guess we will find out from our next paycheck.

I haven't heard any rumors in a while, which should be good but it's just making me nervous. Are we safe currently or is this just the calm before all he-l breaks loose?

How low will it go? Thinking back to when it was over 4.0

Cengage continues to show its true colors and it just keeps getting worse... On May 26th an email went out to people leaders letting them know that employees that made a Transformative or Outstanding impact would receive an impact award (if they are... — read more 

Cengage implemented a restructuring plan known as "Project Foundry," cutting approximately (24\%) of its workforce. The strategy focuses on restructuring the company into an "AI-native" organization, transitioning merchant outreach roles to AI... — read more 

Interested in why that one was yanked. Is it because someone said the streets were saying that Cengage was dumping NatGeo after the IPO?

School will dissolve now, like Higher Ed.

It sounds like there was an email from higher ups admitting some kind of fault or issues? Any details for the laid off among us?

Were there more Infosec layoffs? What is left of Infosec?

Former happy Cengager checking in to see what’s happening in Loserville. Get out and let Cengage burn. There is more money and better cultures out here. Good luck

Even for iconic brands, the cracks eventually show. Over the past year, Milady, a company that helped shape beauty education for nearly a century, has undergone a dramatic restructuring that many employees say signals the slow dismantling of the... — read more 

Cengage (and all textbook companies) have a major culture problem. These aren’t serious people. Everyone outside the companies talks about it. What they deem as productivity measurements are distractions disguised as productivity. Constant Slack... — read more 

he classic Apollo playbook: Buy distressed debt at 60 cents on the dollar Take control of the company Extract management fees, dividend recaps, sale-leasebacks Pile on more debt to fund those extractions Flip it or take it public at an inflated... — read more 

If you get laid off by Cengage please don’t thank them on LinkedIn. Have some self respect.

It seems no one has mentioned layoffs in the First Friday Slack channel. People usually say or inquire about it. Only the sycophants were sending messages, it seems.

just seeing this all now. can someone give me an outsider's perspective of what happened?

A new job has been posted, they are looking to hire someone to develop AI to take processes, procedures, analysis, etc out of the hands of current workers and into the bowels of AI. The worst part is that the job description includes making the AI in... — read more 

Does anyone have intel on whether there will be layoffs in the School group in the near future?

Any ideas on where everyone went? What companies are you all at now and can you help any remaining Cengager's get out or catch the fall?

IMHO, this is the worst configuration of the ET we’ve had in many years. This is how it appears to me. CEO with no vision, no spine, talks out of both sides of his mouth, obsessed with status and wealth, ensures the worst of the worst get ahead and... — read more 

IPS still has a job. I can't imagine anyone else coming up with the announcements we've been receiving.

Does anyone have a rough idea of how many people were just laid off?

Seems to be no rhyme or reason for who was placed where and the decisions that were made. What the Fu*k?

What reorg has accomplished the stated goals beyond short terms savings from firing people eroded when they had to hire the people back to run the business? What big, disruptive strategy initiatives have actually been delivered beyond some... — read more 

Outside of now being a toxic place to work, has anyone come across a mgr or VP that should be reported to HR?

With the coming layoffs can we share what severance package is offered? Do you keep health insurance? What happens to accumulated vacation? Thanks!

Cengage is falling apart. Let the CenForce live on in all the former employees.

Let me start with that all of the below are my opinions based on very close up observations of the people I'm commenting on and that I won't refer to anyone by name below the ET Level. Cengage is only about optics at this point and I wouldn't be... — read more 

Greetings, The big downside to this will be the collaboration and change that is effected by having a modern hip workspace, where an executive can chat with an intern and brainstorm, and where meetings take place without borders, so that resources... — read more 

Let the Hunger Games begin!

"New study finds that employees impressed by corporate speak may be least equipped to make effective decisions" https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/23/corporate-speak-study Think this applies to Cengage?

Anyone hear anything about next month's expected round of layoffs?

Well they did it, kicked out Br**ke.