Pearson's a good company to work for. - Editorial Assistant Pearson Employee Review

3.0
Jan 20, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Pearson is a great name to have on your resume and it's wonderful to work as the market leader and have the benefit of a great list, great authors, and a ton of data and resources to back up your projects.

Cons

Everyone works here 24/7. If you take time off (even company holidays), expect an overloaded inbox upon your return. I'm not sure why anyone does this--I feel very motivated to work for Pearson from 9-5 Monday through Friday, but the monetary compensation is not very competitive. It's certainly not enough to work at home like some do. Another key con is that it's a huge organization, which means that it's sometimes very difficult to implement easy and intuitive changes or get very simple things done.

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5.0
Jun 5, 2026
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Pros

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

Cons

Pay is reasonable for working in the education field but is slightly lower than working in other parts of tech.

2.0
Jul 13, 2026
Recommend
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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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