Pearson reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(7,749 total reviews)
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57% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

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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2.0
Sep 20, 2016

Development

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Smart, interesting people who are commited to helping others

Cons

Pay is stagnant, Benefits are declining, Everything is about money. How can you make a profit of $1B and then tell employees across the board that investors come first (4.5% dividend) and there isn't any left for a rasie or annual incentive plan that you performed well against. There is a total disconnect in the new re-organization. Enabling Groups (Finance, Marketing, Technology, Legal) have no accountability to the divisions they are supposed to support. Their only real function is to cut staff, out source work, implement programs that push the work back to those they are supposed to help. Throwing away huge sums of money re-branding and stupid icons. Face it - a brand is what you do, not what you say. We say a lot, but our actions say a lot more....dumb down customer service, less training, more part time, less invested people, and lower quality products.

3.0
Aug 19, 2016

Lost its way

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good group of people. Benefits are good and there are some decent opportunities there. Used to be a very good place to work with a focus on employees.

Cons

Work life balance and high stress. Poor decision making means unrealistic project deadlines often working just-in-time. This leads to poor job satisfaction and poor quality. Employees are no longer valued.

1.0
Aug 9, 2016

Worst Company I have ever worked for

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The commute is the only positive about Pearson everything else is just a charade

Cons

Executive Management is the worst. One policy for them 0ne for the rest. Too many long time employees, like a retirement waiting room. Very stuck in their ways no room for growth unless your are one of the favorites of executive management. Secrecy abounds to the point that your manager leaves you in the dark. Very cliquish,. backstabbing environment. No respect for experienced workers. Just an overall toxic environment that does mot encourage hard work and only rewards those who gossip and kiss up to management. Many departments run by intimidation and threats, sad sad, company. HR is only there to serve executive management, no such thing as confidentiality, anything said to HR goes right to your manager.

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