Hearing rumors that there is going to be an announcement Friday about the transition. Does anyone know what its going to be?
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@11rqCjCS-aphp Yes, the fleet usage report lists all of the basic information. Mileage, location, time of day and drive-time, even idle time, such as the amount of time the vehicle is NOT running (for instance, when you are parked at your home for 10 hours or at a school parking lot for 7 hours, that kind of thing). The tracking functionality is independent of the driver utility on your dash. So let's say you drove to church today and then to the supermarket then back home, the reporting for today would have your route, the location and duration of your stop at the church, etc. It doesn't give business or location names but those just take a click to discover. There is a second-level report available that is much more detailed that will give minute by minute accounting, all the turns, etc. just like a GPS tracking. It even reports the vehicle MPH vs. the speed limit on the roads driven. This one is less frequently pulled, usually in cases of an accident or if they are really seeking dirt on the employee.
McCengage and Pearson are both well on their way to becoming the next Blockbuster. That is absolutely true. An outdated, expensive and inconvenient content model that no one has any use for anymore. It’s going to be a long, slow and painful bleed out.
Do you think they track location mile by mile on a map? I never put my navigation chip in the dash map
@11rqCjCS-aoqj Yes, the fleet is tracked. At least technically. The company incurs a fee for every (usually monthly) report that they request, so fleet car usage is not monitored on a regular, automatic basis. But the front-line managers can request a data pull with regional manager permission and it's usually rubber stamped approved. The regionals can pull all the reports they want without restriction. Usually this is only done when suspicions are high that the employee is not traveling as much as they are supposed to (too many office days, for instance) or if mileage reported seems suspicious, like if they feel an employee has used the vehicle for long, personal road trips or to support a side gig like delivering for Amazon or a pizza place. Generally its not worth worrying about, but if they are trying to gather ammo to cut you loose, you can bet they're looking at a good 6-12 months of vehicle usage.
does anyone know if our company cars are tracked by a device?
I work at Pearson and I can tell you with well over a decade of experience, the grass ain’t greener on the other side.
We’re a terrible company with terrible management. Simply put we are led by id–ts.
Also simply put: this industry s—s. Ever heard of Blockbuster?! (Look it up youngsters!)
@11rqCjCS-9xyf The CEO announced it at the Town Hall. Are you from HR, PR or trolling??
I guess nothing happened. The underperformed here crying wolf again.
"Mikey blamed our performance on students taking advantage of the 14 day free trial and finding materials cheaper than CU."
The whole selling point of CU was that it was going to save students money. Yet, by MH's own admission, students still don't see the value in it and are finding cheaper (or free) options. That means that CU's entire value proposition is a failure. Abandon ship.....we have hit the iceberg.
Mikey blamed our performance on students taking advantage of the 14 day free trial and finding materials cheaper than CU. Brilliant, you can raise the price of CU and make it easier for students to find cheaper materials or you can lower the price and lose money.
Mikey is opting for 'losing managements' favorite tool–cost cuts.....after telling the rank and file a 10 percent house cleaning was about to happen they all gave a rousing round of applause.
I need to get the phuck out of this chithole.
@11rqCjCS-8vxu Ah, yes, the old "we lose money on every sale, but make it up in volume." If the industry contracted by 12%, then the strategy was a failure. The big publishers as a whole aren't providing students with what they need.
It was a good strategy, but the industry contracted by around 12% as announced by Pearson. Despite taking significant share from competitors, mostly Pearson, results came in below expectations.
Can someone seriously explain to me how our CEO keeps his job? What is one success that he can hang his hat on?
Another losing strategy that will result in good people losing their jobs. Meanwhile, the CEO will keep his job and likely get paid out a fat bonus once the merger goes through.
Not unexpected by anyone close to the ground.
by unexpected issues what they meant was, they didn't expect CU would consume revenue without any return in the investment. That's called ROI for the id–ts in upper mgmt... you know who I'm referring to. In certain tribes around the planet we call this cannibalism.
@11rqCjCS-8bkx in the kool aid drinking world of cengage, this really means the writing's on the wall and the sh– is about to hit the fan... if you know what I mean.
Not a good message. Numbers are down, “unexpected” issues and the words “job cuts” were said instead of corporate lingo.
How did they represent the numbers? Typically, town hall numbers are diminished if down and exaggerated if up YTD.
How bad were the revenue losses? How many are getting let go?
They announced job cuts in a Town hall?? That's a first.
anything merger related in town hall?
Town Hall , numbers are down, there will be job cuts
of course it will be discussed, cengage mo–ns in their backstabbing culture force people to talk because non kool aid drinkers feel nothing but contempt for lying manipulative ‘management’...
It's just that....talk. Nothing was announced.
The stooge is back... of course it will be discussed, cengage mo–ns in their backstabbing culture force people to talk because non kool aid drinkers feel nothing but contempt for lying manipulative ‘management’...
None of this can be discussed with employees until the merger goes through. Rumor mongering.
Who stays as head of sales EM or ER? All mgmt layers remaining? Only specialist team I see as secure is the Aleks team.
@Hookem, do you have any other information you can share
Mcgruff here... our vp is already making calls who goes and who stays . Mgruff reps with more market share are favored over cengage reps. If you manage a larger book of biz than the next guy then you’re secure regardless of title. If mgruff dms are managing more market share, they stay, and the mo–n from cengage is frozen, many such cases especially west of the Rockies
- banter... scripted... the time is nigh, kool administration is imminent
Where's the Town Hall this quarter? I miss the heavily scripted banter, like the VP of Marketing doing an impression of KS.
I don't think its the Town Hall
Town Hall meeting this Wednesday
Everyone is too rattled to share anything for fear of repurcussions.
Or people are just not sharing
I guess nothing happened?
Just saw this and I’m on vacation. What’s going on?
Please update!
What time and time zone?