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
Aug 30, 2016

Poor Management and No Opportunities

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Pros

Pearson offers phenomenal benefits. Their offices are nice and, usually stocked with nice-to-have amenities like vending machines, decent-sized offices and cubicles. Some good people to work with.

Cons

Budget cuts over the last ten years have made life difficult within the office. Little-to-no money is set aside for equipment upgrades. Annual raises are usually only one or two percent, even with excellent merit scores. Upper management often dictates only one person per team per year can get the coveted three percent raise; employees are left feeling like they didn't get a fair shake. A once-promising bonus (AIP) system hasn't paid out in the last few years. Employee wages aren't competitive and are no longer keeping up with the cost of living. Re-orgs every year mean you report to a new manager around review time.

2.0
Jul 14, 2016
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Pros

My manager was excellent in supporting and training me.

Cons

Since John Fallon became CEO there has been nothing but chaos. The publishing industry has lost touch with their customers - the students. When the president of Pearson North America says in a blog that he is "surprised that content is important to professors" you know you are on a sinking ship. The top management is inept. The company is run by "book people" and it needs to be run by technology people. Pearson is woefully far behind in technology and what they do have is constantly crashing. It's sad that a once great company is scrambling to stay relevant. They are unable to compete with the smaller ed tech companies and have lost major market share.

1.0
Apr 10, 2016

Always restructuring, never rewarding

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Pros

Employees are intelligent, ethical, and care passionately about their work. Our work can be fun and creative and we are encouraged to be innovative.

Cons

The restructuring the company implemented two years ago is not working well. CEO Fallon was sold a bill of goods by the consulting firm hired to help reorganize the company. Senior management (Fallon's team) seem oblivious to what is actually going on in the company and give pat answers to difficult questions. It has been one layoff after another with more to come. They want to grow the business but there is no assurance that employees will share in the successes. Talk of aggressive growth just makes employees feel even more tired, as most of us have absorbed work after several layoffs the last two years. Raises are pitiful even in good years. Excellent work is rarely recognized.

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