Great co-workers but a terrible system. - Editorial Assistant Pearson Employee Review

3.0
Aug 7, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Decent job security Direct Managers were understanding that the workload was impossible

Cons

Almost no training have to go through a million people in order to get a task completed tons of red tape basically felt like a cog in a machine very little support no opportunity to grow within the company Expected to do thw rok of four proplr when co-workers left and no one was ever hired to replace any of them

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5.0
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Pros

Working on EdTech and helping improve educational outcome. Caring coworkers, altruistic & mission driven, etc.

Cons

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2.0
Jul 13, 2026
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Pros

Decent pay. Not much else.

Cons

No lunch break, no breaks in general, can’t go to the bathroom for hours on end, the managers’ daughter gets special treatment because her mother is in charge. Constant criticism and unfair treatment.

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