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      Pearson

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      3.5

      60% would recommend to a friend

      (7,751 total reviews)
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      Omar Abbosh

      59% 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 7,751 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
      3.0
      Dec 29, 2015

      More cons than pros

      Sales support
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good work/life balance, friendly environment as many employees are former educators, reputation of working for a company with a household name, excellent product.

      Cons

      Little room for career growth, vague messages from the higher-ups, tons of layoffs and reorganizations, the company has no shame or remorse being so blatantly obvious about its interest in the company over the employee's livelihood, allows mild competition to become a big threat from complacency with releasing new products.

      3.0
      Dec 11, 2015

      Corporate

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The environment at Pearson is very politically correct, you work with friendly employees, Glenview has nice office grounds. Office equipment is generally up to date and IT is friendly.

      Cons

      Building products with out-of-date technologies. Strict processes that seem enforced more in order to keep things for certain teams to do rather than them being particularly helpful. Problems often seen, but people seem to prefer to just work and deal with them instead of work up the chain to make improvements. Very inefficient processes. Lots of Agile talk, no Agile walk.

      4.0
      Oct 23, 2015

      Director of Marketing

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Pearson's biggest advantage is it's highly intelligent and passionate employees. I've been there for twenty years and the intellectual prowess of my colleagues has always kept me on my toes.

      Cons

      Over the last five years or so, restructuring has been nearly perpetual. New organizational schemes feel more like experimental than strategic.

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