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      Pearson reviews

      3.5

      59% would recommend to a friend

      (7,741 total reviews)
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      Omar Abbosh

      56% approve of CEO

      49% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.9

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.5

      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 7,741 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
      Feb 15, 2011

      Has the potential to be a great place but the company doesn't have the desire to give back to their hard-working emp.

      Producer multimedia
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Benefits are good - medical, dental, 401k, time off. You get all the basic stuff. My division does well so my job is pretty secure which is a good thing during the down economy.

      Cons

      I'm not sure what it is like in other Pearson offices, but the people in the Boston office are not friendly. You can pass someone in the hallway without any acknowledgement. People can be snobs and difficult to work with. Pay is not good and the raises are laughable. There is a lack of training which leads to unhappy people who end up leaving. It is very much a "sink or swim" mentality where you're left to figure things out on your own. Managers who claim to have an open door policy are very much unapproachable most of the time. It is very difficult to move forward and get promoted.

      4.0
      Feb 11, 2011

      Best publishing career option

      Director
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      As compared to other educational publishers, Pearson is a great place to work. It's a huge corporate environment, but so are all the others. People tend to get a job here and stay here for their entire careers, thus jobs don't open up very often unless they're newly-created.

      Cons

      There's definitely a good-ol' boy network and some of the choice upper level jobs are given to insiders without having been posted. And there are some of these good-ol' boys who get and keep these executive-level jobs, regardless of their competency. Opportunity for advancement, once you reach an upper management level, is scarce.

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