Thread regarding Cengage layoffs

This is what Private Equity does. If they can save a buck, they will. They know that most customers are lazy and switching costs are high. So its easier and cheaper just to apologize. There is no real market share to gain, so its all about operational efficiency, i.e lower payroll and costs.

Pretty simple equation. Its a free country, so they rationalize if you don't like it, quit. They will just automate your position or hire someone cheaper.

given that Cengage is still hiring CPMs, it seems like the company won't stop hiring offshore workers anytime soon.

some of our CMs got the hint and are leaving the company on their own volitions

Really? I spent my time as a field rep drinking and sc--wing other reps during the work day. And expensed it all. Hotels, phone, booze and food.

Never missed my number.

lol, they must track field reps to make sure candy and other goodies are delivered to campuses in a timely fashion.

Field reps have always been tracked, even decades ago. In the olden days, managers would compare cell phone pings to hotel/expense records and itinerary data, ai used to watch them do it. These days, it is MUCH easier. Your work cell pings, your laptop key taps are logged. Remote observation and monitoring is easier now than it ever was, and this is the norm.

Hi Mike,
Glad I got let go years, what with my excellent reviews and being pretty cheap to employee as I took no health care. You and your private equity buddies have run what was once a great company into the ground. Be p***ed about this website but it's the only space that speaks the truth.

Of course MH knows about this site. He posts under the name IPS. I thought we all knew this!

@1hvn+1sKkU00h Can you elaborate on tracking devices on reps? Seems a bit far fetched.

I can’t wait for June 14th bonuses

"I heard the open shared space desk/table Inside Sales rumor too. From what I heard you will directly face another sales rep on the other side of the table and the Manager will sit at the end of the table watching over everything. Good times."

Come on! Didn't you know this allows for those all important "hallway and break room" collaborations?

Tracking devices for field reps are a sure thing.

I heard the open shared space desk/table Inside Sales rumor too. From what I heard you will directly face another sales rep on the other side of the table and the Manager will sit at the end of the table watching over everything. Good times.

What soul?

FACT: Cengage will never pay hourly for project management.

Gale just laid off a lot people and are shipping those jobs to India, so the first one is not true at all.

MH knows Chat GPT 4 be coming for his soul.

"I don’t know about #4, but 1-3 and 5 are just straight up not true. Good try I guess?

The only partially true thing here is that MH knows about this site. Everybody knows about this site, and they use it to get a sense of what’s spreading through the grapevine. Nobody’s really mad about it since it’s a good source of intel. I mean, I’m personally embarrassed by some of the smooth brain nonsense that gets posted here, but no one’s mad."

This post seems very suspicious, are you MH?!

I don’t know about #4, but 1-3 and 5 are just straight up not true. Good try I guess?

The only partially true thing here is that MH knows about this site. Everybody knows about this site, and they use it to get a sense of what’s spreading through the grapevine. Nobody’s really mad about it since it’s a good source of intel. I mean, I’m personally embarrassed by some of the smooth brain nonsense that gets posted here, but no one’s mad.

While most of this wouldn’t surprise me in the least, I’d take it with a grain of salt.

The c-suite and MH deserve the ribbing they take on this site. Cengage is a damn mess and it’s because of their poor decision making that it has descended to this state of chaos. Long live The Layoff!

I heard everyone left in Ky hasto be back in the office by September. Regardless of any excuses. With a major reduction in work space. I even heard a long table for everyone to work from with phones and a place to plug in a laptop and that is it.

In order to hire back people that were laid-off, wouldn't Cengage need to pay them higher salaries?

Also, if the above information is true, I'd be glad. CPI has been very disruptive and hurting relations with authors, instructors, U.S. employees, etc.

In addition, CPI doesn't keep track of schedules very well. Often demands 24 hour turnarounds for non-emergency tasks, which makes no sense whatsoever.