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 5% 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 (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 790 reviews)); "Good benefits when your employer doesn't actually have an issue when you use it." ((in 769 reviews)); "Good work life balance in the sales department of school and higher education but not in other areas" ((in 386 reviews)); "They also offer flexible work from home options and summer Friday's which is a HUGE perk." ((in 311 reviews)); "I had great boss and colleagues" ((in 230 reviews))

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

"Low pay; promotions are impossible to get if you don't want to go into sales" ((in 375 reviews)); "Low salary and hard" ((in 265 reviews)); "there were many layoffs while I was there; although I didn't get laid off myself." ((in 204 reviews)); "Many leaders including line managers do not interact with their teams." ((in 172 reviews)); "Poor leadership and ongoing flip flopping on direction of company make it a less than desirable workplace." ((in 152 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.

Pearson reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(7,743 total reviews)

Omar Abbosh

56% 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 7,743 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

4.0

Oct 29, 2011

Ever changing place!

Accounty executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Overall a great place to work. Work/life balance is wonderful.

Cons

Lots of changes...there is someone in senior managment with questionable integrity.

2.0

Oct 20, 2011

favortism prevails

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

great benefits, very flexible for people who have families, very affordable insurance, very laid back atmosphere, money can be good

Cons

fake, disorganized, no communication between business units, oftentimes very incompetent people in senior-level positions, unbelievable this is a billion dollar company and there are a million systems in place and none of which speak to one another

5.0

Oct 10, 2011

Excellent learning experience

Social media and marketing intern

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

learn alot, great community enviornment, great exposure to upper management

Cons

it was an overall positive internship experience

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