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      Pearson

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      Pearson reviews

      3.5

      60% would recommend to a friend

      (7,750 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 7,750 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
      1.0
      Jun 7, 2014

      The Fall of Western Civilization is due to corporations like Pearson.

      Sales cyborg
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      I can only mention the past. When I worked at Prentice-Hall, life was great. I managed many authors and textbook series. Then things went south in 2006 when Pearson's corporate greed took over.

      Cons

      Too many to list but I mourn for our country's future when incompetent managers run this corporation into the ground. Pearson management and all corporation management should be sent to the moon! You have no shame. When the average upper manager makes 246 times what the real worker of the company makes, then we are all doomed.

      2.0
      Apr 21, 2014

      Constantly changing- and never improving

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      I wish I could manage something that was a positive; but I simply cannot muster a good thing to say about this company any longer.

      Cons

      5 years ago this company was a much different place and while it had it's shortcomings, you felt like you mattered and that you were participating in something special. The current company values do not mesh with many of the very talented people here which is why so many of them are being shown the door. Morale is horrible and any information given from above in regards to what is happening is always a PR spin that is quite different from the reality.

      2.0
      Apr 21, 2014

      Good start, lousy ending

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Salary and benefits were above average.

      Cons

      Laid off along with a bunch of others (from Austin office) without a word of notice that it might be coming. Unfriendly coworkers and at least one unbelievably non-congenial department head (of arguably the most visible department in the office).

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