Pearson, good bad and ugly - Director of Finance North America Services Pearson Employee Review

2.0
Sep 25, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great benefits, work life balance is incredible, and a lot of good people work here.

Cons

Company leadership struggles with vision and lots of turnaover at the top. Recently did a re-org which is causing a lot of good talent to leave our company. We seem to be mostly driven by the sales organizations and we don't make sound financial decisions and strategic direction of company is really wavering. Concern about career progression for those at Director level.

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Cons

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