Pearson reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(7,734 total reviews)
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56% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

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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8K reviews
1.0
Feb 13, 2016

Don't Bother/Move Along

Recommend
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Pros

None. Current employee but likely soon to be ex-employee.

Cons

The company has gutted itself. Currently almost ALL roles are being outsourced to non-Pearson employees with minimal to no supervision. This can only result in shoddy content. The company is in the midst of rebranding itself, branding that harkens back to the days of British Colonialism in many respects w/ Pearson positioning itself as the means of poor down-trodden dark-skinned people clawing their way our of poverty with technology they can't afford. Upper management is delusional and is a clear oligarchy attuned to their own interests, the stock market, and not the product.

2.0
Nov 24, 2015

Look elsewhere

Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits, flex scheduling (sometimes)

Cons

Look at the stock prices. Enough said. The management are not leaders and the company invests nothing in growing talent from within. They simply need warm bodies and they will work those warm bodies to death when given the chance. Everyone says the words "work life balance" but it's pretty much rhetoric when they are piling more and more on folks and basically writing checks the folks doing the work can't cash. And don't go to this company expecting to think about kids, in terms of education, as no one ever even utters the words.

2.0
Jul 12, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

With the right leader, Pearson employees get to experience the organizational values of being brave, decent, and innovative. They are driven to be engaged and productive. The talent pool is amazing and can be inspirational.

Cons

Poor local leadership and unfortunately, corporate senior leadership is slow to move to take action to resolve these matters. COOs of groups like Pearson Embanet are struggling to create culture of innovation and inspiration. Rather they focus on political agendas and make biased decisions and let the loyal followers take the brunt of their decisions. Most recent people decisions have been borderline prejudicial and created cultures of defeat. Employees that work hard now live in fear of retribution and looking to leave a once great organization. No one at corporate responds.

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