Pearson reviews

3.5

60% would recommend to a friend

(7,749 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 7,749 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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8K reviews
3.0
Feb 20, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Stable enough if you are from a technical background and are contributing alot technically to the business by automations or building ETL pipelines for various use cases

Cons

Less Salary Poor growth Layoffs every year

3.0
Feb 18, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

People on immediate teams are great Generous PTO and benefits Flexible WFH policy

Cons

Frequent lay offs, 1 or 2 a year, does nothing positive for company culture Pay is below industry standard Very corporate culture with platitudes and sycophantic behavior at the top, meanwhile very talented and often vocal veterans are not listened to, appreciated, or retained Has become essentially a tech company with heavy emphasis on AI Hiring freezes

4.0
Feb 18, 2026

Great Culture / People

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Always Learning & Growing people and process

Cons

Pay structure for full time employees not at the level for the region.

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