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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
      Aug 19, 2015

      Gradually Being Hollowed Out

      Associate editor/production editor
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great co-workers Manager fought to extend contract Generous with software/hardware updates

      Cons

      *No training. Editors and associate editors started running with no idea of the scope of their authority to audit/edit/rewrite material on which they were working. *Freezing office all year round. *Use of terminology which is not standard in publishing; it took me about two weeks to realize that when they were referring to "minis" in documents, they meant "thumbnail" images. *Although good at updating software and desktop hardware, way way way behind in fully utilizing publishing tools available. Editors should be working in InCopy, not doing mark ups in pdf to go back to outsourced comp vendors. Cumbersome, awkward, and rife with the possibility for propagating errors. *Rah Rah e-mails and updates from CEO, versus whole floors of empty cubicles and offices and co-workers disappearing with no warning.

      2.0
      Aug 4, 2015

      Continuing Identity Crisis

      Vice president - technology
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      -Size of Company.Even if tough times continue this company won't go completely out of business anytime soon. -Salaries paid seem fairly competitive -The benefit of working for a company that is "trying" to do good for students/U.S. education system

      Cons

      -Identity Crisis. This company doesn't know what it is. Even what they want to be (an efficacy / research company for education), is more pie in the sky than close to reality at this point. -Senior Management seems increasingly insular and separate from market reality and the reality its employees face every day. Their expectations are increasingly unreasonable. -Work/life balance. Expect an "always on," 24/7 work experience. -This company faces great disruption, and likely from larger, strong companies that don't carry near as much baggage in education industry

      2.0
      Jun 18, 2015

      Used to be a good place...lost talented people during re-org

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good work-life balance, work from home flexibility, great benefits, good location, had good people

      Cons

      Constant changes without much justification, lost too many talented people over the re-org, no strategic direction from top, no clear reporting structure, most of the senior leadership team is based out of London and have little or no interaction with N. American teams

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