Pearson reviews

3.5

60% would recommend to a friend

(7,750 total reviews)
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59% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Pearson has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 7,750 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
Sep 2, 2025

Good place to shettle

Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

Shettle there if you would like to focus on growing your family or other aspect of life besides work related.

Cons

A corporate monster where the lack of ambition and mediocre approaches makes not exciting to work there for a career growth

4.0
Sep 2, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Flexible working environments and supportive culture Exposure to modern technologies and tools

Cons

Nothing to specifically mentioned here

1.0
Sep 1, 2025

Going downhill

Recommend
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Pros

Was good management a few years ago

Cons

Systems don’t work, and 90 % of my job is now cleaning up other people’s messes or navigating layers of bureaucracy and layers of approval.

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