Like this company and the people that work here - Senior Product Manager Pearson Employee Review

5.0
5 Mar 2011
Recommend
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Pros

While this is a large company there are many small teams that we interact with, and people have been there for many years, so there is a real sense of collegiality. Very nice people, none of the arrogance I've experienced at some of the start-ups I have worked at. I work in systems, and they are very complex and it takes many months to sort things out. But the people involved are very patient, very smart, and very willing and ready to help out. Often people are located somewhere else, so there are lots of conference calls with people we may never meet. I have years of experience and found there was real age discrimination with some of the companies I interviewed with - but not here. They welcome the experience, and there are many people my age or older here. A very nice change. My manager is great, very knowledgeable, really cares about the team and doing a first class job. Just very, very busy, but still able to make time when needed. I like this company and the people that work here.

Cons

It's a big company, so it has the downsides that come with that (lots of admin systems, sometimes hard to figure out who does what).

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5.0
11 Mar 2026
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Pros

Easy job to have some money on the side.

Cons

Short period of time and low pay.

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2.0
11 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

When a project goes according to plan you can work with some great people and make decent money.

Cons

Bad behavior is tolerated when you have a weak team member. They are allowed to remain on payroll, even if they do not effectively contribute. The burden is often placed on the team members willing to pick up the slack. Promotions are not given to the most qualified. They are randomly assigned. There are some horrible scoring directors as a result.

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