And the Legitimate edTech companies are not hamstrung by Apollo, Barbwire, and the no-nothings in leadership.
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@t9 said like an ex-Cengage, now current, McGraw employee who is drinking the new publishing company Kool-Aid and soon to be a former McGraw employee spending their day on this site and not working there either. High quality if I do say so myself.
@t9 MGH Pearson and Cengage have 80%+ of the market share. So yes, they are beholden to the big 3 and have to pick which one’s platform and service is less cr-ppy.
"These professors are beholden to essentially the big 3 and it’s a matter of picking who’s sh-t stinks the least, all are cr-ppy products/companies."
Quite untrue, actually. McGraw continues to thrive by producing consistently strong content and delivering it on a platform that is pretty functional and easy to use. And then there are the smaller pubcos who have been stealing Pearson and Cengage lunch money for years now. Educational publishing continues to thrive, just not at Cengage.
Im tired of hearing the lies of “we want them in our online platform for deeper learning”. ALL of these publishers (whom are not edtech as they claim) are always a day late and a dollar short on the market.
They’ve had no clue what they are doing ever since iPhones and Amazon came into the picture 20 years ago - zero plan to combat reselling of textbooks, buying codes wherever, cheating the system, etc. I was stunned to see webassign and mindtap looking no different than 15+ years ago. Zero innovation, just let’s move some bar graphs and make changes to page numbers to force professors to move to a new edition and “reinvent” the package.
Slimy and scammy sales. Ponzi scheme material. The first publishing company to live in reality and invest in good publishing content instead of lying saying they are edtech wins. Cengage touring customer satisfaction is genuinely hilaurous when your bar is set by Pearson or MGH. These professors are beholden to essentially the big 3 and it’s a matter of picking who’s sh-t stinks the least, all are cr-ppy products/companies. Get out and get into REAL sales or product/marketing job with a real company. This is sl-------l city. Helping students prepare for the workforce - all the LOLz with that. All they care ab is a student activation and making sure they don’t buy a used textbook.
LOL I see cranky leadership is browsing the forum! Once MH is done with you, it’ll be your turn.
Don’t let the door hit you in the a— on the way out.
"Cengage is losing great people and years of customer relationships"
Short-term thinking. If you're a short-term career jump space, Cengage is the place to be. For now.
Longer-termers? Get out now, while you can. Yikes.
Over the weekend, I was notified that 3 successful reps quit, the 1 in Texas posted her goodbye and the other 2 are going to Milk July and Be No Shows in Vegas. The others were CSS/CSC Team members. July will be very interesting to see everyone who has departed. This company is a True SH#T Show. Like SW and NK believe, they wont lose business, so disconnected from reality.
@gb landed. Paid. This chapter is over but it makes me mad that so many good people are being treated so poorly by a greedy, arrogant and foolish executive team.
It’s like watching the administration is DC.
@c0 let us know how quickly you land. Unemployment isnt for the weak of heart and this market it brutal. Quiet quit if you must but dont jump ship.
@a1 recent college grads, people who are long-term unemployed, and low-skilled publishing lifers. There will be many applications.
Cengage is the publishing world’s ghetto. I am taking MH’s advice and leaving. Maybe MH will hire one of his brats to take my place.
Good People Bad Management! MH said on the Town Hall, if you are not Happy at Cengage then Leave. Well, lets see .... Bonus Paid out Today, numerous individuals have been cheated by the MGT and the Finance Teams. MH Who will train your new Reps? MH who will work for 52K and No company car?
Cengage is losing great people and years of customer relationships,