Pearson reviews

3.5

60% would recommend to a friend

(7,751 total reviews)
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59% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Pearson has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 7,751 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
Sep 20, 2016

Sr Technical Project Manager

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Pros

Among other lines, this company is involved in preparing and administering tests required by the national No Child Left Behind law and related updates. Ensuring that tests are handled fairly and accurately helps with the legal burden on all the students of actually taking these tests every year.

Cons

The company has been going through major downsizing for the past several years and is continuing on that course. Letting key people go either through downsizing or having them leave due to the job stresses makes the work for the remaining folks that much tougher.

1.0
Sep 13, 2016

Needs to decentralize

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Pros

Great people, great mission, recent history of growth and success under former CEO, Marjorie Scardino.

Cons

New CEO has centralized too many things that should be decentralized and moved closer to customers. He is surrounding himself with yes people and is more focused on telling a story than delivering quality to customers. The "C-suite" is out of touch with the business and the problems that need to be solved for customers.

1.0
Jul 5, 2016

Pearson

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Pros

remaining co-workers, other than that not much to say that's positive

Cons

Down-sizing has been on-going for nine years. Riffed employees are not replaced. Workload with remaining employees increases. Morale is low.

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