Pearson reviews

Morale is not great for three reasons: 1) pay is not competitive and appears to be arbitrary. People aren't paid based on the work they do but rather metrics that are hard to follow. 2) some employees have poor attitudes and are difficult to work with, but nothing is done to improve this. It would be fine to just ignore, but if work behavior affects others, action should be taken by management rather than just letting situations continue. Positive employee engagement in enjoyable activities could help here as could HR-managed training on positive collaboration and communication strategies. 3) Above all, there's a lack of growth professionally as "growth" positions are consistently cut, unfilled, or outsourced. There's a general feeling that Pearson isn't a long-term position for anyone as you won't be able to "move up." Even if there weren't other stressors and Pearson was a perfect place, knowing that there is no future for you besides the present is enough to hurt employee morale. New changing tasks within the same role do not read as advancement. Learning new skills on Pearson U do not read as advancement. "Evolving" is great, but it's not advancement. What is advancement? New roles, cultivation of expertise, more responsibility, and more pay = advancement. -In attempts to cost save, the company made decisions that made it difficult to employees to keep up. Best practices are hard to maintain when the target is constantly moving and the available resources are constantly shrinking. There's also the constant threat of "will my job exist" or "why should I be motivated if what I do today may mean nothing tomorrow."

Aversion to new technology and sophisticated organizational growth. Vulgar, piggish attitude towards women in the workplace. Obtuse, tone-deaf corporate communication and vision. Incompetent and morally-corrupt leadership. Dogmatic devaluation of talent, new ideas, and independent thought.