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 793 reviews)); "Good benefits when your employer doesn't actually have an issue when you use it." ((in 780 reviews)); "Good work life balance in the sales department of school and higher education but not in other areas" ((in 370 reviews)); "Work life balance is pretty good and your schedule can be very flexible with options to work from home." ((in 339 reviews)); "I had great boss and colleagues" ((in 223 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 372 reviews)); "Management was poor and unfair at times" ((in 356 reviews)); "Low salary and hard" ((in 267 reviews)); "Lots of layoffs and reorgs." ((in 206 reviews)); "Many leaders including line managers do not interact with their teams." ((in 166 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

(7,729 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 7,729 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 3, 2026

It's corporate america, dressed up not to be, but it's corporate america

Senior machine learning research engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very smart colleagues. Pearson attracts a lot of really talented people with interesting backgrounds. Great teams

Cons

Typical corporate stuff, surpirse layoffs, you never really know if you can believe what someone is telling you.

4.0

Feb 3, 2026

Great work life balance

Associate digital content designer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- work life balance - flexible working - work environment - regular pay increase/bonus

Cons

- not a big promotion path - a lot of “red tape” within this job

3.0

Feb 2, 2026

Fairly good

Hr administrator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Friendly team, 30 days vacation per year

Cons

Low salary, no promotion, low visibility from other teams

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