Great Company if you are in the product sector. Stay away from Marketing and Editorial - Anonymous employee Pearson Employee Review

2.0
Apr 19, 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

• Flexible Hours • Decent Compensation • Nice People • Noble Cause • Great Benefits • Big Dog in Education Field • Possible Travel (if you like that)

Cons

• No Real Career Growth • Lots of Middle Managers (many who are washed up or has beens) • Way too many temps on work force (people leave after 3 months so you have to retrain al the time) • Very Political Environment (if you don't play you wil pay in lack of growth and earning potential) • Ancient Publishing Philosophy • Lack of leaders with digital experience • Lay offs are frequent and many • Too many re-orgs

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