Is Pearson a good company to work for as a Development Editor?

Development Editor professionals working at Pearson have rated their employer with 3.2 out of 5 stars in 100 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of Pearson employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open Development Editor Jobs at Pearson now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Development Editor interview questions at Pearson .

Does Pearson pay Development Editor employees well?

Development Editor professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Pearson with 3.0 out of 5 stars based on 100 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 9.5% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Development Editor salaries at Pearson.

How happy are Development Editor professionals working at Pearson?

41% of Development Editor employees at Pearson would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 4% in the past 12 months. Development Editor professionals have also rated Pearson with a 3.3 rating for work-life-balance, 3.5 rating for diversity and inclusion, 3.2 rating for culture and values and 2.9 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Pearson?

Test Administrator (193) , Project Manager (156) , Sales Representative (136) , Test Scorer (132) , Software Engineer (129) , Manager (126) , Enrollment Advisor (105) , Director (103) , Scorer (83) , Editor (69) , Product Manager (67) , Senior Software Engineer (61) , Remote Scorer (59) , Intern (44) , Customer Service Representative (43)

What are the pros of working at Pearson according to real employee reviews?

"Most people at Pearson are great to work with and want to do the right thing." ((in 775 reviews)); "Good benefits when your employer doesn't actually have an issue when you use it." ((in 758 reviews)); "Good work life balance in the sales department of school and higher education but not in other areas" ((in 383 reviews)); "Work life balance is pretty good and your schedule can be very flexible with options to work from home." ((in 330 reviews)); "Great work ethics and culture" ((in 270 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Pearson according to real employee reviews?

"low pay; usually never hear from anyone in the company unless you do something wrong" ((in 378 reviews)); "Low salary and hard" ((in 262 reviews)); "there were many layoffs while I was there; although I didn't get laid off myself." ((in 212 reviews)); "Many leaders including line managers do not interact with their teams." ((in 170 reviews)); "Poor leadership and ongoing flip flopping on direction of company make it a less than desirable workplace." ((in 148 reviews))

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Pearson Development Editor reviews

3.2

41% would recommend to a friend

(100 total reviews)

Omar Abbosh

8% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.5

Diversity & inclusion

3.3

Work/Life balance

3.2

Culture & values

3.0

Compensation and benefits

2.9

Senior management

2.9

Career opportunities

Development Editor employees have rated Pearson with 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 100 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Development Editor professionals have a good working experience there. Pearson is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Development Editor professionals compared to other employers within the Audiovisual y medios de comunicación industry (3.7 stars).

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2.0

Jul 1, 2014

Very low pay

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Pros

Flexible hours and the opportunity to work from home.

Cons

The higher ups clearly do not value non-executive employees. Pay in San Francisco is far below the average. After Pearson, I got hired by a non-profit at the same title and am making a full 50% more than I did at Pearson. The low pay underlines the attitude of the execs: They seem to think their employees have no better options, and will just sit there and take the crummy pay and mismanagement. Turns out I didn't have to!

3.0

Jun 11, 2014

Industry in turmoil; short-sighted emphasis on profit over quality of materials.

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Pros

Intelligent, hard-working colleagues and excellent benefits. Many people care about quality and working in partnership with authors and customers, but the institutional emphases have shifted markedly to short-term profitability-- often at the expense of long-standing author/publisher relationships. This situation is an industry trend and not a Pearson-specific issue, per se.

Cons

Regular, very poorly planned and executed reorganizations-- some seemingly driven by individual managers' desires to "manage up" with little thought to repercussions and long-term feasibility. So many built-in inefficiencies due to poorly thought through, top-down shifts where all key players are not brought to the table. While the latest top-down reorg (ongoing through 2013) trimmed a lot of top-line dead wood and sycophantic non-performers, the current CEO is giving short-shrift to North American higher ed in favor of the opportunities to build for-profit schools (using Pearson materials) in the developing world. Fewer people are working harder and harder with poor recognition, generally.

2.0

Jun 10, 2014

Great people with a "profits before people" new culture

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Pros

Great collaboration with smart, creative, hardworking people Opportunities for growth Pride in work (but now folks are overworked)

Cons

New beancounting culture puts profits before people New "Do more with even less" gives unreasonable work to some people Less support than before

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