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3.9
Average Rating
(based on 84 Pearson Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
3.9
Growth Opportunities
3.2
People You Work With
4.3
Person You Work For
4.1
Rewards You Receive
3.7
Support You Get
3.9
Way You Work
4.0
Work Setting
3.8
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Equipment Services Project Manager

"Valuable, engaging, motivating"

What do you like about working at Pearson?

"I have gained valuable work experience, and have had access to great learning tools."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Enthusiasm, passion and love of books will get your very far in publshing."

What don't you like about working at Pearson?

"There is limited room for advancement, and the opportunities to move up in the company are sparce."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Motivating the staff to stay with the company by providing encouragement to advance professionally."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 1 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Assembly Technician

What do you like about working at Pearson?

"Great people, clean working conditions, work is enjoyable, boss is great"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Just be honest about your background, be relaxed during the interview process"

What don't you like about working at Pearson?

"Nothing, it's a great place, good support from staff and leads"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"None, they are doing a great job with sales and providing good benifits"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Lead QA Coordinator

What do you like about working at Pearson?

"I won the Employee of the Quarter Award. I would prefer not to leave, but the house situation in Tallahassee is forcing me to return asap."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"The company is great. They are doing the right thing."

What don't you like about working at Pearson?

"The only problem is that my house is in Tallahassee, and I need to return in light of recent developments with the underwriter and bank."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"NA - I do not have any suggestions. I like the company a lot."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Customer Service Representative

"Great company to work for"

What do you like about working at Pearson?

"The work environment and the ability of the people to get results when needed"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"be honest and have the best work ethics - the company thrive on a very honest work environment."

What don't you like about working at Pearson?

"The selection process for promotions and growth within the company is a bit confusing."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Evaluate the selection process for growth within the company will be a lot better"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Director of QA

What do you like about working at Pearson?

"I like my QA team, it was created from scratch and everybody in my team is super star."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Think what could you bring to Company and not what Company could bring to you"

What don't you like about working at Pearson?

"The only one negative thing I could mention: Company reduced me"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Care about people you are managing as much as you care your Clients"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
HR Coordinator

What do you like about working at Pearson?

"I like that Pearson is a company that cares about their employees, promotes diversity and green issues."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Make sure you find a career that has opportunity to grow. Great company with great benefits, but if you can withstand the group your in.."

What don't you like about working at Pearson?

"The work is mundane, not challenging and is always the same. The group I work with don't get along at all."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"If I was the boss, I would worry less on the little things, be there more for the team and keep an open line of communication without beating a dead horse."

Person You Work For 2 / 5 People You Work With 1 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Equipment Services Project Manager

"I currently manage the Accommodated Forms for Computer Based Testing"

What do you like about working at Pearson?

"The people are great and the benefits are the best"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"It is a great company that will treat you well"

What don't you like about working at Pearson?

"It is not located in Redding California where I will be moving"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep up the great work and keep moving forward with new and upcoming technology!"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Compliance Officer
Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Account Executive

"Large corporation with continual change."

Person You Work For 4.5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 3.5 / 5
Support You Get 3.6 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3.7 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2.5 / 5
Company Culture 4.2 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Senior Software Engineer
Person You Work For 4.4 / 5 People You Work With 4.8 / 5 Work Setting 4.5 / 5
Support You Get 4.6 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.8 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 4.6 / 5
Equipment Services Project Manager

What do you like about working at Pearson?

"My management, the variety of the work and challenges, the location of the office"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be very careful with embelishment of your resume and or accomplishments in formwer positions..Pearson performs the most thorough back ground check I have ever experienced. I have had to withdraw offers from two candidates because of resume discrepancies."

What don't you like about working at Pearson?

"The failure of senior management to better integrate acquisitions and enforce common systems and practices"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Implement deadlines on acquired organizations to adopt common back end systems and processes"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Game Developer

What do you like about working at Pearson?

"General positive attitude, good conditions, interesting challenges, high level of integrity."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Bring a quality skill set and be passionate about education."

What don't you like about working at Pearson?

"It's large and there is less chance to influence change than I would like."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be aware of what you are actually making, a book publisher isn't actually in the business of publishing books, they are in the business of sharing knowledge."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Test Scorer
Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Senior Software Developer
Person You Work For 4.3 / 5 People You Work With 4.5 / 5 Work Setting 4.8 / 5
Rewards You Receive 4.2 / 5 Company Culture 3.9 / 5 Way You Work 4.2 / 5
Information Analyst
Person You Work For 3.8 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 3.1 / 5
Support You Get 1 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5

Pearson Reviews FAQs

Is Pearson a good company to work for?

Pearson has an overall rating of 3.9 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 84 Pearson Review Ratings left anonymously by Pearson employees, which is equal to the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 92% of employees would recommend working at Pearson.

Does Pearson pay their employees well?

Pearson employees earn $50,000 annually on average, or $24 per hour, which is 24% lower than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 53 Pearson employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find Pearson Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at Pearson?

92% of employees would recommend working at Pearson with the overall rating of 3.9 out of 5. Employees also rated Pearson 3.9 out of 5 for Company Culture, 3.7 for Rewards You Receive, 3.2 for Growth Opportunities and 3.9 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at Pearson?

According to our data, the highest paying job at Pearson is a VP of Marketing at $250,000 annually. Browse Pearson Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at Pearson?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at Pearson is a Packing Department Worker at $16,000 annually. Browse Pearson Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at Pearson?

According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at Pearson to be Company Culture, Growth Opportunities, People You Work With and Person You Work For, and no cons.

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