Pearson reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(7,746 total reviews)
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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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3.0
Mar 21, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

- People are generally very nice. Colleagues are supportive. - The work can be meaningful at times. - The Glenview facility is nice. The buildings have many enormous windows. Although the furnishings are somewhat dated, maintenance is thorough. There is a wooded walking trail. - The company is basically financially stable--an important attribute during this period of economic uncertainty.

Cons

- Long hours. - Unreasonable expectations by senior management. - Staff is somewhat discouraged by the ever increasing scope of projects, decreasing timeframes, and decreasing staff levels coupled with upper management’s enthusiastic voicing of the mantra "efficiency and accountability." - As of March 2009 Pearson Education continues on an going 2+ year reorganization coupled with seemingly random layoffs and department eliminations. The reorganization has "been near the end" for 18 months.

2.0
Feb 16, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Great city location. Excellent books. Some great professionals

Cons

Poor management leads to poor morale. Insensitivity of management. Poor communication. Dreadful human resources who represent management and not the employees.

3.0
Feb 4, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

I loved working at Pearson until the corporate reorganization ocurred. The benefits were great as were the people I worked with. I felt as though I was providing a social benefit, ie. publishing school text books. Though I worked very hard, it was rewarding. If your direct report was a good manager you had more opportunities etc.

Cons

People who were with the company over 20 years went from developing quality books to having to re-interview for their positions. Corporate management and restructuring destroyed morale. Unorganized project planning from upper management. Increasingly ridiculous schedules. Poor business practices. Unfair vendor relationships - I think Pearson was personally responsible for stateside vendors going out of business. Flexible work week and work from home were discouraged. Atmosphere became very clique-like. It was all about playing the game. Favortism was rampant in upper management.

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