Pearson reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(7,746 total reviews)
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56% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

Pearson has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 7,746 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Pearson employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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8K reviews
1.0
Mar 2, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

There is some working from home and schedule flexibility. There are still some really bright developers here. The Denver work location is nice.

Cons

For anyone considering a job with Pearson in the USA, beware. They are aggressively off shoring jobs and converting their entire workforce to contract workers. There is a never ending stream of bad news anymore and a flood of talent leaving the company. A new employee will be thrown right in with no training and very little useful documentation to help them get started. Then not long after starting the fear mindset will be instilled. Most of the people left have been brow beaten into almost non-human creatures. It is sad to witness people reduced to such misery. If you are considering taking a job with Pearson realize up front that it will probably be short term and degrading, so have an exit strategy going in.

1.0
Feb 3, 2016

A sinking ship

Recommend
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Pros

Great, talented co-workers...for the moment. Flexible work schedules. Fantastic health benefits. Always new challenges and opportunities to learn -- even if those opportunities aren't tied to a new title pr promotion.

Cons

Been in a perpetual reorganization mode since 2013. About 10,000 jobs being cut between 2013 and 2016. Even long-term employees feel like their neck is on the chopping block each and every day. Career advancement does not exist. Employees are left to build skills on their own without management support.

3.0
May 27, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Some of the best, smartest, most dedicated employees

Cons

Current management does not value experienced employees, or understand how to deal with them on a human level.

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