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      Pearson

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      3.5

      59% would recommend to a friend

      (7,746 total reviews)
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      Omar Abbosh

      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 7,746 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
      1.0
      Aug 20, 2008

      A lot of room for improvement

      Senior editor iii
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good benefits package, intelligent peers.

      Cons

      I worked for this company for many years, and a person's experiences there are directly related to the team he or she works on. I had a manager who was threatened by her employees that most of the competent people moved on. There was no oversight or accountability for this manager: she had free reign, and because she had never shared knowledge or developed her employees, there are no candidates who could readily replace her.

      2.0
      Aug 20, 2008

      Not a bad place to work, but ultimately a disappointment.

      Associate editor
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Benefits are very good, even excellent, and compensation is more than adequate. Some people are quite pleasant to work with. It is occasionally a very engaged and friendly group, or it can be if you find your people. If not, though, it can be isolating.

      Cons

      There is a lot of temporary employment, and it's tough to become permanent. Doing so does not seem to be related to job performance, sociability, reviews, workload, or what have you. I therefore now find myself out of work, despite going above and beyond at my job, and having good relationships with coworkers and managers.

      3.0
      Aug 20, 2008

      The left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great flexibility in terms of being allowed to work from home, flexible hours, etc. They publish great products and are very well respected in the marketplace by both customers and competitors alike. They really do want to be innovate with new products and technology. My coworkers are great people who are passionate about what they do.

      Cons

      It takes forever to get anything done -- too much bureaucracy and too many priorities. No one seems to know who does what any more. I have coworkers all over the country and communication is very poor across groups in all areas. Senior management is very out of touch with morale issues and very focused on "the bottom line". We are short-staffed in all areas but the workload and expectations have increased exponentially. It's not a fun place to work any more.

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