Does Pearson pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Pearson employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Pearson. This rating has decreased by 6% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Pearson?

59% of Pearson employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Pearson 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Pearson?

Test Administrator (193) , Project Manager (156) , Sales Representative (136) , Test Scorer (133) , 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 774 reviews)); "Good benefits when your employer doesn't actually have an issue when you use it." ((in 768 reviews)); "Good work life balance in the sales department of school and higher education but not in other areas" ((in 385 reviews)); "Work life balance is pretty good and your schedule can be very flexible with options to work from home." ((in 327 reviews)); "I had great boss and colleagues" ((in 215 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 369 reviews)); "Management was poor and unfair at times" ((in 360 reviews)); "Low salary and hard" ((in 270 reviews)); "there were many layoffs while I was there; although I didn't get laid off myself." ((in 211 reviews)); "Many leaders including line managers do not interact with their teams." ((in 169 reviews))

What are employees saying about Pearson layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Pearson layoffs and their outlook for job security at Pearson in 2026.

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3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(7,747 total reviews)

Omar Abbosh

57% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

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Pearson has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 7,747 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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4.0

May 18, 2013

Big company with opportunities

Research scientist

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Lots of resources and opportunities

Cons

Too big to initiate changes to meet the changing market

3.0

May 17, 2013

You stay there because of the people around you...

Technical development manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nice work environment at Harlow, mediocre at 80 Strand, poor at 190 High Holborn Outstanding benefits, health insurance, contributory pension scheme, sharesave scheme, gym membership - you do pay for some of these but the tax is offset. Death in service benefit is immense. Fantastic people. Management tends to be flexible and fair. Good HR dept. Internal communications and personal development reviews are mostly effective.

Cons

Can be political. Blaggers seem to go far up into the upper echelons. Often a poor cross-matrix integration - lots of re-inventing the wheel. Little or no industry certification training. Frequent acquisitions bring constant change and redundancies. Matrix style operation reduces the ability to effect big change quickly.

4.0

May 16, 2013

Always Learning

District sales manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Pearson is dedicated to education and is an innovator in the industry

Cons

With size comes delay, there are processes and procedures that take too long

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