Pearson reviews

3.5

61% would recommend to a friend

(7,693 total reviews)
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56% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

Pearson has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 7,693 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 Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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2.0
Apr 10, 2026

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Pros

If you have benefits and can stay down low, keep quiet

Cons

Not worth it overall. Constant changes and reorgs so working processes are almost always unknown and need to be re-created. Upper management are pretty much all paper pushers enjoying toxic politics.

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