Pearson reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(7,746 total reviews)
avatar

Omar Abbosh

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).

Reviews by job title

8K reviews
2.0
May 4, 2009

Behind the times.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

In a way, you make the experience what you want, if you're a go-getter and aggressive and fit in. Sometimes management is very human, but now when it comes to work.

Cons

If you just do a great job alone, you'll probably be taken advantage of and burn out. The management is out of touch with what goes on every day and the resources needed to accomplish a goal. The schedules are made very unrealistic then slowed down tremendously through bureaucracy, inefficiency, and old-fashioned methods. Downsizing when successful and trying to squeeze every last drop of blood out of hardworking employees who care while the rest skate by is bad. The pay is terrible, nobody can define processes or can make decisions, and the work is uncreative and unrewarding.

1.0
Apr 17, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Discounted text books. Several departments give you a laptop that you can take home and use personally (though don't let IT support know).

Cons

Micromanagement from senior managers and directors. Very low morale. No work/life balance; demands to work weekends and evenings constantly. Ongoing high stress. Poor planning and execution of plans. No progress opportunities. incurable leadership incompetence. Utter dishonesty from management, they tell you one thing then do another. Miserable working conditions.

Viewing 7702 - 7704 of 7,746 Reviews

Glassdoor has 9,535 Pearson reviews submitted anonymously by Pearson employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if Pearson is right for you.