Pearson reviews

Many of the good, hard working people who were there for any length of time were unceremoniously jettisoned over the last year or so. Outsourcing has robbed IT of a lot of future thinking talent, and many who were not replaced by offshore employees willingly left Pearson over the last year. Many who were left behind have become nine-to-fivers, as extra effort is not rewarded (the year end review process is unbelievably demotivating - for years now, upper management will overrule the individual line manager's employee rating so smaller bonuses will be paid out). The frugality doesn't end there - most employees will have difficulty getting funds approved for travel, training, industry conferences, etc. Bonuses used to be very good, but no more. There is an incredible amount of red tape and paperwork involved in getting project work done - good ideas rarely come to fruition (unless it comes from the top down). Creativity and ingenuity are not rewarded. The office culture is more or less nonexistent, which is a shame, because it used to be very strong.

Significant disconnect between upper management and employees. Too many ex-educators and not enough business management and technology experts results in running the business like a school district. Too many reorganizations and not enough real teamwork.