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      3.5

      59% would recommend to a friend

      (7,747 total reviews)
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      57% approve of CEO

      49% positive business outlook

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      Pearson has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 7,747 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 Mídia e comunicação industry (3.7 stars).

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      8K reviews
      2.0
      Dec 30, 2008

      Great company, terrible management

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good salary, great people, great product.

      Cons

      Managers and supervisors aren't the best -- many decisions are made strictly for the sake of the "bottom line" without considering company image, quality, and employees. Communication among departments, business groups, and locations is very poor and inconsistent. Too many stakeholders makes it difficult to get anything done in a timely manner. Senior management does not communicate critical information about restructuring, etc. to employees.

      3.0
      Dec 16, 2008

      Publishing project management dream work for one who thrives on superhuman deadline pressure.

      Project manager
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Fast-paced work for someone who thrives on deadline pressure. Support of middle-management was excellent, both in terms of assistance with knotty problems and willingness to adjust work practices based on real-life experience. For someone who started as a "temp", the compensation was virtually equivalent to salaried employees, including time off, healthcare and retirement benefits. The process of becoming permanant was structured, transparent, and seemed to be based on merit.

      Cons

      Custom Publishing's work cycle was too intense between April-August, given that the majority of clients needed books for September classes. The sales force successfully increased sales ~30% per year for the 3 years I worked there, but the workforce to complete these projects was not similarly increased. As a Project Manager, I was expected to manage publication of upwards of 40 titles simultaneously during the busiest part of the season (June/July), which is humanly impossible. Whereas in traditional publishing you get 6 months to a year to create a book, in Custom they want it done in 8 weeks or fewer. The average slipped from 8 weeks to 3 weeks during the 3 years I worked there.

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