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      3.5

      59% would recommend to a friend

      (7,747 total reviews)
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      Omar Abbosh

      57% approve of CEO

      49% positive business outlook

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      Pearson has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 7,747 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
      2.0
      Mar 30, 2017

      A once great company is now in a death spiral

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Great benefits and great people. Work is really interestng. Two years ago I would have given Pearson 4 stars.

      Cons

      Company is in a death spiral. Continuos layoffs the past two years. They're outsourcing every department. A once great company to work for is now a terrible company. Morale is unbelievably low.

      1.0
      Dec 2, 2016

      Wish I could give this a lower star

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      decent benefits, good work-life balance, people

      Cons

      - constant reorganization (had 12 different managers since I've worked there) - disconnected from people using the products - antiquated products - brown-nosing is the only way to get ahead - backstabbing employees in it for themselves - wayyyy too many mangers versus people who do actual work - soulless; pretend to care about education but only concerned about profits - insane amount of layoffs, regardless of your production and talent; be prepared to only be a number (i.e. a very talented employee I worked with who was known to be battling cancer was laid off recently)

      3.0
      Sep 22, 2016

      Lack of strategy

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Benefits, one of the most generous I have encountered including flexible schedules, paid time off, remote working options, professional growth options with paid memberships to industry groups.

      Cons

      There are constant reorgs that place people in jobs they are not suited for. Additionally, this causes a lack of focus from year to year resulting in constant shifts in strategy

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