Engaging and respectful of work/life balance - Software Developer Pearson Employee Review

5.0
Mar 17, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

-Work is challenging and engaging. -Get to work with modern technologies and APIs, rather than legacy stuff (even more so if you are a developer for the web team than the desktop team). -Company is willing to pay for training. -Health care, vacation time, and other benefits are better than any job I've ever worked at. -Coworkers are extremely friendly and get along great with everyone. -Management holds work/life balance in high regard and is happy to have you stick to 40 hrs/week if you don't want to work more.

Cons

-Although management respects work/life balance, coworkers often eat lunch at their desks and work more hours than required, meaning you have to stand your ground if you want to have a reasonable balance. -Management treats Agile development, specifically Scrum, as gospel. If you don't feel the same way about it, it comes across as kind cultish.

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5.0
Jun 29, 2026
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Pros

Lunch time is the only pro

Cons

Management sucks, I hate having to request for time off because I never get it

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2.0
Jul 6, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

From home and relaxed working environment

Cons

They never know when the project will end or start so you can’t line up other work. Projected end 16th and we end 10 days early? Thats a lot of wages now I don’t have.

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