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 5% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Pearson?

60% 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 784 reviews)); "Good benefits when your employer doesn't actually have an issue when you use it." ((in 754 reviews)); "Good work life balance in the sales department of school and higher education but not in other areas" ((in 379 reviews)); "Work life balance is pretty good and your schedule can be very flexible with options to work from home." ((in 332 reviews)); "Great colleagues and work that is very meaningful" ((in 222 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 370 reviews)); "Management was poor and unfair at times" ((in 354 reviews)); "Low salary and hard" ((in 270 reviews)); "there were many layoffs while I was there; although I didn't get laid off myself." ((in 204 reviews)); "Many leaders including line managers do not interact with their teams." ((in 164 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

60% would recommend to a friend

(7,727 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 7,727 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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3.0

May 31, 2016

Management Position

Customer experience manager

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CEO approval

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Pros

- A sincere desire to help learners of all ages - Opportunity for growth, although many times this is not recognized for 1-2 years - Transitioning (slowly) into a more agile, technology based company - Improving work-life flexibility - Fair benefits package

Cons

- Company is in midst of massive downsizing - Although profitable, most of this comes from annual product cost increases and personnel cuts - Near monopoly in several customer segments, with little regard for improving customer experience - Too many offerings, with no core branding in the marketplace - Multitude of directors who float in and out of company every 3-4 years - Constant reorganization for no reason other than political favoritism - CEO is in way over his head, and has been since he started.

3.0

Feb 11, 2016

A company in transition

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good employees who believe in the products and services Pearson creates. Over time, employees have had opportunities to grow within the company.

Cons

Transitioning to a digital services/media company has taken a very rough toll on employees and the workforce has been trimmed significantly as lines of businesses are cut. A lot of in-house work is now being outsourced.

5.0

Mar 2, 2017

always changing

Senior product manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-good work-life balance -not much politics at the lower levels -mostly female middle managers and they care about being good managers -mostly good people who want to do a good job 9-5 -great location (Copley Square) -if you are someone that wants to work sincerely, but not super crazy like in a tech startup, this is a good place -despite the bad rap Pearson gets, some products are really cool and there are some very smart people who work there

Cons

-upper management is men. Folks, if you believe the glass ceiling doesn't exist in corporate America, come to Pearson.. where 80% of the employees are women but upper management is 90% men! -upper management is clueless and arrogant -hire managers from outside instead of promoting the ones in the company -frat boy culture in upper management -strategy keeps changing (read--no strategy)

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