Pearson reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(7,749 total reviews)
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57% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Pearson has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 7,749 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
5.0
Jan 7, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The work-life balance is great and I feel better about any challenges that may come up because I know that Pearson would work with me to find the best solution possible.

Cons

Program Management requires on-the-job training that works best if you have a veteran/well-versed employee as a mentor. If you don't have good people to teach you the ropes, you won't do as well.

3.0
Jan 6, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The pay is ridiculously good especially in my position. When I heard the pay when I started I thought the interviewer had said 20k lower, and accepted it as a reasonable offer. The flexible schedule is good, but with a catch which I will post in the Cons section. You also get plenty of vacation, with a catch I'll post in Cons. The Health benefits are adequate as well. They seem to be very willing to help employees if they are having trouble understanding a task.

Cons

The lack of communication and accountability usually causes projects at risk to only come up as "at risk" at the end, in which case they bring in whoever they can to fix it. If you get picked, enjoy working 65 hours a week for 3 weeks until you fix the problem that someone else created. Lots of working over holidays, which is why I had the 'catch' from the Pro section. Proactive attention to problems would probably resolve 50% of the issues that cause employees strife. Management is VERY hands off, and if you try to bring up issues they become extremely defensive, no matter how graceful you try to be. Lack of trust in management, and lack of any sort of management training causes employee dissatisfaction. If you are expecting managers to have your back on issues. They will wait until the last moment to get involved, then appear to have your back, only to fall through in the end. New products or internal processes delayed up to three years, leading to interim solutions that stretch out far longer than they should. Usually problems aren't addressed or management doesn't help until their name appears on a report that all other managers (along with those above them) see.

2.0
Dec 12, 2010

cogs in the machine

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

location - great area of the country industry - opportuity to really make a difference in educating most other employees - many employees are very committed to helping make the business better, and the education system better

Cons

management - many only out for themselves political atmosphere - who you konw, not what you know management - do not recognize high achievers, believe employees are interchangeable some lazy and underachieving employees - cause everyone to work to the lowest common denominator

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