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      Pearson reviews

      3.5

      59% would recommend to a friend

      (7,749 total reviews)
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      Omar Abbosh

      57% approve of CEO

      49% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.9

      Work/Life balance

      3.7

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.5

      Culture & values

      3.3

      Compensation and benefits

      3.0

      Senior management

      3.0

      Career opportunities

      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
      4.0
      Jun 2, 2015

      Mostly good - but the bad is really bad

      Project manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Certain positions are extremely flexible (allow working from home, flex-time, etc). Decent amount of PTO and paid Holidays. Decent benefit package. Ranked highly for non-discriminatory practices. Ranked highly for working mothers. Tuition reimbursement is available. Internal training and networking opportunities are plentiful. Participation in community share agriculture.

      Cons

      As great as the option to be flexible sounds, there are still many cases where the work/life balance is horrible. This is largely due to open positions rarely getting back-filled and simply shuffling work to another employee on the team. Late nights are the norm.

      1.0
      May 19, 2015

      Very troubled company

      Managing editor
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Global, diverse, probably not a bad place to launch a career.

      Cons

      Ethically problematic; centralized management a huge mistake for a company of this size.

      1.0
      Mar 27, 2015

      Get it together

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Work/life balance is good, solid benefits, relaxed atmosphere

      Cons

      Where do I start? The company is callous toward its employees and will do anything to save money, including changing performance evaluations to save on bonus payouts. The organization lacks vision, it reorgs every year, the workloads are growing and growing as staff cuts cut deeper and deeper with no compensation. It's such a colossally huge company, it's impossible to make impactful decisions to product. It rewards status quo and discourages innovative thinking by penalizing those who question approved practice.

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