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 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 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 (135) , 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 (42)

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 792 reviews)); "Good benefits when your employer doesn't actually have an issue when you use it." ((in 781 reviews)); "Good work life balance in the sales department of school and higher education but not in other areas" ((in 375 reviews)); "Flexible work from home" ((in 327 reviews)); "I had great boss and colleagues" ((in 212 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 371 reviews)); "Management was poor and unfair at times" ((in 358 reviews)); "Low salary and hard" ((in 262 reviews)); "there were many layoffs while I was there; although I didn't get laid off myself." ((in 207 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

(7,734 total reviews)

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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1.0

Apr 15, 2016

Disconnected and political

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Very nice people. The folks doing the actual work are excellent, and continue to care deeply about what they do. There is a high level of diligence and dedication. Mostly, there's a good sense of humour. The work environment is generally fair-minded and diversity is encouraged.

Cons

The senior management are so busy fighting each other and making themselves look good that they have no idea what the company actually does or how it does it. They give every impression of not caring at all and are simply working towards their own comfortable retirement.

1.0

Apr 10, 2016

Always restructuring, never rewarding

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Employees are intelligent, ethical, and care passionately about their work. Our work can be fun and creative and we are encouraged to be innovative.

Cons

The restructuring the company implemented two years ago is not working well. CEO Fallon was sold a bill of goods by the consulting firm hired to help reorganize the company. Senior management (Fallon's team) seem oblivious to what is actually going on in the company and give pat answers to difficult questions. It has been one layoff after another with more to come. They want to grow the business but there is no assurance that employees will share in the successes. Talk of aggressive growth just makes employees feel even more tired, as most of us have absorbed work after several layoffs the last two years. Raises are pitiful even in good years. Excellent work is rarely recognized.

3.0

Jan 25, 2016

A good company, currently rudderless

Senior systems engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

We have the best educational content and it shows in the fact that we have been constantly gaining market share in the North American Higher Educational market.

Cons

Currently going through a horrendous round of layoffs (4,000 people, a tenth of the workforce) to prop up share price. The thing is, that there doesn't seem to be any clear vision of where we are going to, so this is likely to continue every year for the foreseeable future.

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