Most employees are term-of-project, so not permanent. Our contracts were all due to expire on December 31st. We heard nothing, meaning that we did not know whether to come to work on January 1st. We did come in, only to receive our letters renewing employment a few days later. People had not known whether they could afford to travel home for the vacation or how much they could spend on presents, due to the uncertainty of the job.
If you are permanent, you receive a bonus of many thousands of dollars. I was kept term-of-project, only to find out that someone with over a decade less experience than me - that is, only a couple of years of experience post-college, someone very young - had been made permanent, and then specifically told not to tell me. In addition, I had to have surgery and was told that Pearson would not pay me for the time I was off recovering, because I was term-of-project, despite two years of flawless mistake-free service and long hours from me.
If you are just out of college, joining any Pearson company is a superb start, even if it's Pearson Learning Solutions. But if you have over two years post-college experience, this place is more likely to hold you back than do you any favors.
