I need to reach out to anyone with advice who has information about the climate at Cengage Learning and McGraw-Hill and have been unable to get a straight answer. I've been given a great offer for a district manager position in the western united states in Higher Education and will need to give them an answer Monday. I have over 15 years experience managing 100 reps with a regional snack vendor that services convenience stores across 10 states. I was surprised I was recruited for this position since I don't have any book sales experience or software experience. Mainly, I'm quiet adept at managing a lot of people and increasing revenue in the process. If I take this job, what can I expect? Is it a good move, is the Cengage / McGraw merger going to be beneficial? Why are these recruiters giving me the impression that the powers that be are not impressed whatsoever with current sales management? What the heck is going on with all this?
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Looks like the reorg is coming. Take the job if you want, if it seems better. Figure you'll last at least a year.
Cengage is a great company that is going to get stronger with the addition of McGraw. No EdTech provider will be able to match the combined offerings in addition to our "Netflix for Textbooks" sales model, which is winning market share from Pearson. There is an incredible amount of change in the industry, which makes this a place for innovative people who care about education and disrupting the space. Its not a place for whiners who just want to do things the old dinosaur publishing way. Those people will not last long at this company....we're moving too fast for that.
Yes. You're being mocked.
@11qgzQaU-1aaa Looks like someone notified the stooges.
@11qgzQaU-qbu I don't know if you're mocking me or not, but I've grossed over a million the last decade, I do just fine with income. I'm considering this position since I am being offered better benefits, higher salary and bonus plan plus I'll only have to manage 40 reps instead of the current 120 and travel half as much. It would be like a holiday comparatively.
Fake post that is almost the same as a post that was on here a little while back. Last time they said it was Denver. There isn't a DM job open, they don't hire DM's from other industries, they don't use recruiters for DM jobs, current management team is very strong, and nobody would tell a recruiter that a management team isn't strong. I could go on and on.
May I ask why you want to leave the lucrative snack / convenience store industry for publishing?
This again. Troll.
Cengage has been spiraling for almost a decade as it struggles to transition from an old textbook publisher to a technology provider for education. The transition has not gone well. The company's products have fallen flat and management has been flailing to make anything stick. The company went through one bankruptcy already in 2012, and is in the process of merging with their major rival in a desperate bid to avoid another. Revenue goes down every quarter and the company keeps piling up debt. I expect about half the workforce to be laid off shortly after the merger goes through.