Pearson reviews

3.5

60% would recommend to a friend

(7,751 total reviews)
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Omar Abbosh

59% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Pearson has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 7,751 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 Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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4.0
Feb 3, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Pay Colleagues Growth opportunities Chances to be up front during presentaations

Cons

I enjoyed my time. Perhaps for some people it would not be easy, since the goal achievement pressure is a big deal with the Brazilian management.

4.0
Feb 1, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pearson was a great environment to work in and a company I would highly recommend to work for. The main London office 80 Strand being a a great location in the iconic building that also overlooks the Thames on Embankment. The company is now developing a truly modern Digital feel with its desire to become like a Google or Yahoo type company with its friendly but work hard ethic. There were refreshingly very few egos and the culture of Pearson was to treat your colleagues with respect and as equals whatever their role. The Senior Management were great and really engaging, it was easy to build great relationship with the VP's and Senior Stakeholders. Pearson is improving at recruiting from within and offers excellent career progression. Socially it is also really good with high quality staff restaurants and cafes there providing great opportunities to meet other employees and make new friends. Overall I loved my time at Pearson and would return in a heartbeat if an opportunity presented itself.

Cons

The company is changing so fast from being an old fashioned publishing company to being a Digital platforms company that it is going through some degree of pain. There is some outsourcing going on to reduce costs and it is not clear what areas that may impact moving forward.

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