Pearson Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"KEI Pearson has changed their focus."

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

"It's a different company now, hopefully for the better."

What don't you like about working at Pearson?

"No career growth potential."

"Short and simple"

What don't you like about working at Pearson?

"Work outlook"

"Love this company."

"Promises great things at the beginning and sometimes fall short of fulfilling those promises"

What do you like about working at Pearson?

"There is always a friendly atmosphere when you come to work."

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

"Be yourself is the key. Interview for this company as you would any other."

What don't you like about working at Pearson?

"Many people feel overworked, underpaid, and underappreciated."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Don't overload your lower level employees."

What do you like about working at Pearson?

"Dealing with different issues on a daily basis. You were never bored."

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

"Be ready for the tough questions. They want quality people working for them so they will make sure they find the right canidate"

What don't you like about working at Pearson?

"Honestly, the only complaint I had was when the Helpdesk was outsourced."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep doing what they're doing. They did an excellent job while I was there."

"These guys were a client actually not an employer but they were a great place to work"

What do you like about working at Pearson?

"Very open and relaxed environment"

What don't you like about working at Pearson?

"Somewhat disorganized..."

"A good company to work for."

"Pearson Safety Services could be one of the best places to work for a safety person, if you live in Jackson, TN."

What do you like about working at Pearson?

"I was able to manage safety programs for various companies and I liked the day to day challenges that came with working with more than one company."

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

"This could possibly become one of the greatest places to work for a safety professional. But you must be able to talk about church when visiting the corporate office. If you are not a Christian this may not be the place for you."

What don't you like about working at Pearson?

"Unless you worked in the corporate office located in Jackson, TN it felt like you were just an employee. There was alot of turn-over for people that did not go to church with the owners of the company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Spend more time delveloping your people and less time trying to find out how to bill clients more money."

What do you like about working at Pearson?

"The fact that what I was doing was ground breaking work for e based books for college level students."

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

"Dress appropriately, know your subject matter cold, hold eye contact and don't fidget. Remember first impressions are as important as your work."

What don't you like about working at Pearson?

"You can get lost in the shuffle its a very large corporation. You should get involved with the other groups so you can understand the overall mission of the company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Watch for people who are just sliding by.Also recognize the potential of the workers that are giving more than 100% and challenge them with harder work."

"laid back and interesting"

What do you like about working at Pearson?

"the people"

"Management (and other staff) claim to be open minded, until you disagree..."

What do you like about working at Pearson?

"The benefits were excellent and basically when work was done, you were done. So your evenings, weekends, and holidays were your own. That did rock."

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

"Either agree with everything they say, or stay silent about your beliefs. Of course if you are a far far far left believer/enviro-terrorist/anti-corporation type, you will fit right in. (Which is kind of funny when you think about them being part of a global organization that prints books...)."

What don't you like about working at Pearson?

"The Berekely office was just way too hippy. Group hugs and feeling discussions over yogurt type stuff. As feeling oriented and in touch as they were, they were incredibly mean spirited. If you don't share their feelings (especially politically), you are ostracised. Don't get me wrong, I love the hippy attitude, but politics and religion are the two things that you shouldn't make part of your work environment.Secondly, there was no where to go. You wouldn't even be notified that there was a position, just suddenly someone new was there. No one internal was considered for management/executive positions, they always looked outside.I was there for years and never saw it happen.Also the stability of the publishing business has been up and down over the last decade, so job security is a big question mark."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"That particular office, is probably hopeless, but lighten up on the political stuff and look internally. There are (or were when I was there) a lot of talented people...make use of them."

What do you like about working at Pearson?

"Environment, interesting work"

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

"Clarify your job before getting in."

What don't you like about working at Pearson?

"Slow on adopting new technologies."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Invest more in IT."

What do you like about working at Pearson?

"The ability to affect the way standardized tests are scored and written in the future."

What don't you like about working at Pearson?

"The temporary nature of the work."

"I enjoy what I do, however, have experienced much change recently."

What do you like about working at Pearson?

"Desicion making about large programs"

What don't you like about working at Pearson?

"Non-Professionalism of Individuals"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Honesty at all costs. Everyone/Individual is valuable"