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.

Prepare yourselves! Horizon, the sequel!

MH: "We are evolving our corporate brand from Cengage Group to Cengage"

I’ve been at this company long enough to know when there is a flurry of “wellness”, “coping with change” and “making your debt work for you” optional training sessions, that many more redundancies are coming. It’s the cynicism behind this that really... — read more 

It’s official! We are going public. Nice to see Michael’s strategy finally paying off. Excited to see what the future holds as an S&P 500 company.

So we here in the colonies have lost pretty much our entire schools publishing and content team. The rationale is that global content can be mediated to local curriculum requirements. This is patently untrue. The ANZ market for secondary school... — read more 

Anyone concerned about the Jan Town Hall meeting? Apparently Cengage Learning Platform will be introduced.

Per MH: "Treat it like a 20-minute Wellness Week. In other words, just focus on that thing like nothing else and make sure that you give us the feedback we wanna hear from you." Nothing says "wellness" like forced tasks and giving them the feedback... — read more 

Hearing rumours that an IPO is coming in the new financial year. Looks like things will continue to be destabilised