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      3.5

      59% would recommend to a friend

      (7,734 total reviews)
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      Omar Abbosh

      57% approve of CEO

      49% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.8

      Work/Life balance

      3.7

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.4

      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 7,734 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 Audiovisual y medios de comunicación industry (3.7 stars).

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      8K reviews
      1.0
      Feb 3, 2016

      A sinking ship

      Publishing specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great, talented co-workers...for the moment. Flexible work schedules. Fantastic health benefits. Always new challenges and opportunities to learn -- even if those opportunities aren't tied to a new title pr promotion.

      Cons

      Been in a perpetual reorganization mode since 2013. About 10,000 jobs being cut between 2013 and 2016. Even long-term employees feel like their neck is on the chopping block each and every day. Career advancement does not exist. Employees are left to build skills on their own without management support.

      3.0
      May 27, 2015

      Doesn't value employees

      Program manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Some of the best, smartest, most dedicated employees

      Cons

      Current management does not value experienced employees, or understand how to deal with them on a human level.

      2.0
      Dec 17, 2014

      Strangest corporate (especially North America higher ed) culture (if there even is one) that ever witnessed.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good benefits and 401K including employer contribution. However, never could understand how many people were bonused on the same sale especially the custom publishing ones. Often resorted to gimmickry (bundling book packages with useless junk) and mid-year price increases in order meet sales goals. Sales staffs were often not given their annual sales goals until mid-year or later. It was a big game with much number shuffling and smoke and mirrors.

      Cons

      Higher ed division mismanaged and only got worse in recent years. Company is trying to transition from print to digital but has no real idea how to achieve this. Uses terms like efficacy but no one really knows what that is supposed to mean much less explain it to the customer. Often announced poorly timed, Ill thought or impractical initiatives and programs that never really got off the ground. They were often quietly scrapped and employees were strongly advised not to bring them up in even casual conversation. Has been reorganizing for the past few years and no one really knows where this is headed (including many senior managers). Many, many employees are just keeping their heads down to not get noticed during the reorganization.

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