Is Pearson a good company to work for as a Project Manager?

Project Manager professionals working at Pearson have rated their employer with 3.2 out of 5 stars in 142 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of Pearson employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open Project Manager Jobs at Pearson now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Project Manager interview questions at Pearson .

Does Pearson pay Project Manager employees well?

Project Manager professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Pearson with 2.1 out of 5 stars based on 142 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 44.4% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Project Manager salaries at Pearson.

How happy are Project Manager professionals working at Pearson?

30% of Project Manager employees at Pearson would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 20% in the past 12 months. Project Manager professionals have also rated Pearson with a 3.2 rating for work-life-balance, 3.4 rating for diversity and inclusion, 2.7 rating for culture and values and 2.0 rating for career opportunities.

What Pearson locations are top rated by Project Manager employees?

Iowa City is the top rated Pearson location by Project Manager employees. Boston is the lowest rated Pearson location by Project Manager employees.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Pearson?

Test Administrator (193) , Project Manager (156) , Sales Representative (136) , Test Scorer (133) , Software Engineer (129) , Manager (126) , Enrollment Advisor (105) , Director (103) , Scorer (83) , Editor (69) , Product Manager (68) , Senior Software Engineer (61) , Remote Scorer (59) , Intern (44) , Customer Service Representative (43)

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 790 reviews)); "Good benefits when your employer doesn't actually have an issue when you use it." ((in 776 reviews)); "Good work life balance in the sales department of school and higher education but not in other areas" ((in 376 reviews)); "Work life balance is pretty good and your schedule can be very flexible with options to work from home." ((in 330 reviews)); "I had great boss and colleagues" ((in 219 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 354 reviews)); "Low salary and hard" ((in 271 reviews)); "Constant reorganizations and layoffs have led to poor revenue." ((in 202 reviews)); "Many leaders including line managers do not interact with their teams." ((in 170 reviews))

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Pearson Project Manager reviews

3.2

30% would recommend to a friend

(142 total reviews)

Omar Abbosh

97% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.4

Diversity & inclusion

3.2

Work/Life balance

2.7

Culture & values

2.3

Senior management

2.1

Compensation and benefits

2.0

Career opportunities

Project Manager employees have rated Pearson with 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 142 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Project Manager professionals have a good working experience there. Pearson is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Project Manager professionals compared to other employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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142 reviews

2.0

May 10, 2013

Layoffs and Outsourcing

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Pros

great benefits great non-upper management people can work from home flex time

Cons

CEOs getting multi-million dollar bonuses while employees get tiny raises lack of respect for workers ridiculous deadlines long hours without appreciation expectation to always work long hours fear of being let go if you don't work long hours lots of reorgs management is clueless very little training systems always changing due to reorgs not concerned with quality only bottom line outsourcing to companies because of price not quality lack of communication lack of job description meetings meetings meetings lots of vacation time but management dictates when it can be taken inequalities galore

3.0

Dec 30, 2012

Pearson review

Project manager

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Stable copany, good people, education business

Cons

long work hours, no work life balance

5.0

Oct 9, 2012

Very flexible work schedule.

Project manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great people, very flexible work schedule (support telecommuting, flextime), healthy annual bonus, global company with lots of locations and work opportunities. Decent benefits. Interesting products and great corporate mission.

Cons

Company, or at least the division I worked in, uses very outdated technology and immature IT policies. Some duplication/disorganization in terms of vendor/supplier policies and how various international groups work together. Longtime CEO, Marjorie Scardino's recent decision to step down (Oct 2012), may result in some uncertainty.

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