Pearson reviews

The environment is so toxic. If you speak to your manager in private about something, they'll tell other employees. I've learnt personal, private things about other employees that were said in confidence because it's such a gossip heavy environment. I know things I've said in confidence have been told to other people. They'll berate in front of everyone you for not saying "yes" and agreeing to anything management says, and definitely play favorites. Some people say one things and are loved because they're the favorites of management, but if someone else says it, they're crucified. Some people are rewarded for bad behavior and get to push all their work off on other people. Women and people of color have been reprimanded for speaking up, but sexist comments by men are brushed off as "not a real issue". Adding to all that, there's been a reorg and layoffs for all five years that I've been here. Each reorg makes management's jobs easier, but puts more of a burden on the employees. Management loves to tell people they have to learn new things without help or resources, and asking for resources is likely to get you on the blacklist.

Very bad morale. CEO has poor leadership skills, no people skills and has just been changing and then changing again without giving anything a chance to work. 10% of company (4000 people) being laid off this year. Employees left after layoffs are way overworked. Plans are to send most work to vendors but that will greatly detract from quality but no one seems to care, except the employees closest to developing the product which adds to the bad morale. No one seems to care about much and I think that's what makes people so discontented. Wants company to be digital but everything is done on a shoestring budget. Lots of people are leaving.