Pearson reviews

The Re-Org from Hell has gone on too long. Many, many good people left or were fired and in their place you have lots of managers and executives who have no idea what their jobs entail or what products Pearson sells. It would be comical if it weren't so sad. One of the latest uninspiring moves has been to hire education "consultants" from a temp agency to fill the high demand of back-to-school "activation" trainings. With very few exceptions, these temps are more like Bernie from Weekend at Bernie's. This is only one aspect of failing customer service that is going to haunt Pearson for years. If you dare leave Pearson and do the decent thing and give two weeks' notice, you'll likely experience a Don't Let the Door Hit You on Your Way Out moment or six. This will most likely come in the form of being "termed" a week before you say you're leaving, being locked out of your company email AND being locked out of the expense reporting system, all while you're still trying to do your job and represent the company.

All downhill since Marjorie Scardino left. John Fallon (CEO) thought he was being a real maverick hiring someone with very little experience in the school space and then had him fire folks with 30 years experience in education and lay off reps who has sold print books in the past--many who were over goal. In one market, a rep with a previous annual 98% market-share (deep South), who set an all time record at Pearson and his state, was let go so some manager from another division could have his job as a rep. He now works for Pearson's largest competitor. Not joking, couldn't make this up. HR's latest foray is to get mid-level managers to have hourly reports file FALSE reviews on this site. You can tell when you read them as they sound like an recruiting brochure with the same pathetic writing style. You have never seen a company that was once #1 fail so miserably at digital learning as Pearson has. If you are in sales, you will sit at your desk doing report after report, training video after training video so some person in marketing or management can justify their position to HR. The implosion is already underway but luckily, I sold my stock early on!