Lost their way - Anonymous employee Pearson Employee Review

3.0
24 Aug 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good company with strong vision and purposeful goals for its customers/end-users. Some of the best qualified, smart and dedicated people I've had the pleasure of working with locally and globally; there was no one NO ONE, I worked with within the core functions of producing, marketing and selling content that wasn't committed to doing the best they could do and help others do the best they could do. First class product either in traditional formats, digital formats or service delivery.

Cons

Very 'closed-shop' attitude by upper and senior management 'C-suite' to listening to what the customer truely wanted. Upper and senior management were more interested in 'managing up' and managing their own careers within the 'inner circle' than paying much attention to the feedback given by staff, industry leaders and the paying customer. Many opportunities were missed completely as this attitude of telling the customer what they are getting bore fruit. For the level of commitment, experience required and accountability to increasingly unrealistic goals, the pay was very average and the 'bonus' unobtainable.

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Pros

Working on EdTech and helping improve educational outcome. Caring coworkers, altruistic & mission driven, etc.

Cons

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2.0
10 Jun 2026
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Pros

Used to be a great place to work/ Excellent work/life balance due to being fully remote.

Cons

Has become much more corporate, more time spent tracking performance metrics than getting work done.

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