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?

"Good benefits when your employer doesn't actually have an issue when you use it." ((in 792 reviews)); "Most people at Pearson are great to work with and want to do the right thing." ((in 779 reviews)); "Good work life balance in the sales department of school and higher education but not in other areas" ((in 382 reviews)); "Flexible work from home" ((in 338 reviews)); "Great colleagues and work that is very meaningful" ((in 218 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 368 reviews)); "Management was poor and unfair at times" ((in 355 reviews)); "Low salary and hard" ((in 263 reviews)); "there were many layoffs while I was there; although I didn't get laid off myself." ((in 200 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.

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

2.0

Sep 23, 2011

Significant management issues within and between departments

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Good health insurance and benefits - Company is continuing to grow in the tough ecomnomy - Reasonable salary compensation

Cons

- Terrible HR support - Company is growing too fast to keep up with itself and there is a lack of good company structure and management - Bad communication between departments - only time I heard from some departments was when they were pointing the finger at something gone wrong - Expectation to work late and outside of normal office hours - No team building within individual departments or between departments - feels like an environment of 'each man to his own' - Didn't get annual reviews or exit interview - felt like no-one in management ever cared that I worked there

5.0

Sep 22, 2011

Great

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Pros

Flexible, great people to work with, good at teaching what is expected, will change requirements when needed, management likes to hear feedback.

Cons

Upper management should just let the locals be the ones in charge of projects.

4.0

Sep 2, 2011

Respects employees

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay Great people to work with

Cons

Little recognition for a job well done

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