Wait out the current storm of changes - Pearson will eventually became a great place to work. - Senior Software Developer Pearson Employee Review

3.0
Aug 25, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

E-learning is one of the fastest and most interesting domains to emerge in quite some time. There are plenty of opportunities for technical folks in this landscape and Pearson Education has lots of cash to be a major player.

Cons

Currently in a massive state of leadership overhaul. Appointed technology leaders don't have solid technical backgrounds and decisions are made rather capriciously or with marginal business logic. Company is extremely fragmented and there is a massive middle management layer which isn't remotely consolidated enough to make sound tactical decisions. Business model appears to be swallowing up smaller companies by buying them out without any true strategic thought as to what to do with them. All of this adds up to less than ideal top down communication which leaves employees guessing as to their futures and roles in the grand scheme of things.

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