Mission: Our mission is to help people make progress in their lives through learning.
CEO John Fallon shared the following message about our Code of Conduct with all Pearson employees. http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vQ0hM
Below is a message that I just shared with our Pearson employees around the world. I wanted to share it with our wider community, too. Dear
We are proud to be recognized as a global #sustainability leader in the latest Dow Jones Sustainability Index. http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vQ0li
RobecoSAM continues to monitor global investigations into the manipulation of emissions testing results. RobecoSAM also acknowledges the ongoing cartel allegations in the German automobile industry and the implications this may have on companies, suppliers and customers. The above situation has been taken into account in the 2017 DJSI review and company scores have been downgraded according to RobecoSAM's rules and facts based assessment methodology.
Pearson is the world’s learning company, with expertise in educational courseware and assessment, and a range of teaching and learning services powered by technology.
Our mission is to help people make progress in their lives through learning. We believe that learning opens up opportunities, creating fulfilling careers and better lives.
Who We Are
We're the world's learning company, with 35,000 employees across 70 countries worldwide. Our unique insight and world-class expertise comes from our long history of working closely with teachers, learners, researchers, authors, and thought leaders. Our products and services are used by millions of teachers and learners around the world every day.
Whether it’s through new digital learning products in the US, developing qualifications and assessments in the UK, training school leaders in the Middle East, teaching English in China, or educating professionals, we’re helping people make progress in their lives through learning.
We have a clear and simple set of values — in everything we do, we aspire to be brave, imaginative, decent and accountable. These values describe what is important to all of us, and guide us to do what is right for the world around us.
What We Do
We recognize that the only way to keep pace with all of the exciting opportunities in education is to challenge the traditional models of developing new ideas.
We find smart people — partners and customers inside and outside the company — who can positively impact our business and learning outcomes.
That means working with technology partners who can help us put education in the hands of more people around the world, in more inspiring ways. And working with local experts who know better than anyone what's needed to solve the challenges where they are.
When you work for Pearson, you have the opportunity to make a difference in people's lives. You'll be proud of contributing to work that makes education more affordable, accessible, and available to learners worldwide.
We also aim to be the best company to work for, because we want you to stay with us. We treat each person as an individual, with competitive benefits, personal development, and opportunities like working abroad to suit you and your needs. We’re vibrant, flexible, and modern, and we’re always learning.
These core values drive our ways of working at Pearson. It's crucial that you’re brave enough to do what you feel is right and can communicate and work with others who may have a different perspective.
To be successful at Pearson, you must also be able to see the way forward, consider all angles, get things done, and bring people with you. And of course, you must do all this with the highest level of respect for your colleagues and our customers and learners.
When recruiting, we look for:
We Value Diversity And Inclusion
At Pearson, we believe in the power of difference. Harnessing the unique skills, perspectives, and backgrounds of every employee helps us foster innovation and create the most effective solutions for learners around the world.
That’s why we’re committed to ensuring that diversity and inclusion are embedded into everything we do. We foster a work environment that’s inclusive and diverse — and where our people can be themselves — so we can reflect the customers and learners we serve.
The Diversity & Inclusion (“D&I”) team is a central, global resource within Human Resource’s Talent Center of Expertise. Though the team is staffed by a VP & Global Head of Diversity & Inclusion and a Senior Advisor of Diversity & Inclusion, we believe that every Pearson colleague is a Diversity & Inclusion practitioner. Whatever your role at Pearson, you are integral to ensuring that all of our colleagues are valued and included in our organizational work.
To ensure that we have scalable, sustainable impact, our team functions as a global network. In addition to our dedicated D&I staff, we manage a team of Global Diversity & Inclusion Advocates. The Advocates are full-time Pearson employees who apply for and are selected to help implement global D&I principles in their local businesses and offices. We also facilitate the work of employee resource groups (ERGs) globally.
Our goals
Our Diversity & Inclusion efforts are focused on three primary areas: our people, our culture, and our learners. We strive to embed D&I principles into all business processes and practices.
We seek to:
Employee Resource Groups
Pearson’s employee resource groups (ERGs) give employees opportunities for networking, increased engagement, professional development, and mentorship, and also to contribute to Pearson’s business goals.
ERGs consist of colleagues around the world who join Pearson’s efforts to embed diversity and inclusion into all aspects of our business. Every ERG has a clear mission, charter, and by-laws and is facilitated by our D&I team.
Current ERGs include:
Learning Opportunities
Pearson offers training and learning opportunities on a range of issues such as Diversity Awareness & Harassment Prevention, Fast Thinking: How Unconscious Bias Can Slow Our Business, and Navigating Generational Differences at Work.
We expect a lot from you, so we give a lot back. We’ve designed our workplace programs to meet your and your family’s needs, with some of the best benefits in the industry.
Because everyone’s circumstances are different, we offer a range of options that let you tailor your benefits to suit your needs.
Standard benefits include:
At Pearson, we aspire to be brave, imaginative, decent, and accountable in everything we do.
These values drive us to improve educational access and outcomes worldwide, through work grounded in research. Because of these values, we have pledged to help solve some of the world's biggest challenges by aligning with the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals.
It's also our unwavering commitment to these values that shape Pearson's point of view on important topics.
We're often asked to weigh in on issues facing education and the world, in general. Here are our positions on some of these topics.
Low Cost Private Schools - Improving educational access and outcomes in countries where provision is poor or lacking.
Support for Public Schools - Supporting public education around the world.
Assessment - Developing the next generation of better, smarter, digitally-delivered assessments, ultimately to the benefit of students and teachers.
Data Privacy - Working diligently with all our customers to protect information.
Diversity - We value the power of difference.
Education Access and Equity - Freedom and access to opportunity.
Lobbying - Sharing research and information with policy makers.
Common Core State Standards in the U.S. - Our position on Common Core State Standards in the United States.
UK Living Wage - A living wage employer.
Tax - Reporting on tax paid as part of our commitment to operating in a sustainable and transparent way.
Modern Day Slavery - Our commitment against modern day slavery.
Helpful (2)
I have been working at Pearson full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Good starting pay. Good benefits that start day one. You reveive a lot of paid time off and paid holidays.
Cons
Depends on the manager you have in terms of daily routine and stress. I am very lucky and have a great manager so i really enjoy the job. That can't be said for all teams.
Advice to Management
More transparency. There has been constant change of expectations, which is understandable in a rapidly growing industry, but the transparency needs to improve across all employess not just upper management to be successful.
Application
I applied online. I interviewed at Pearson (Hoboken, NJ).
Interview
I had 3 or 4 phone interviews, then was called in for a series of face-to-face interviews. Leave enough time to check in at the crowded lobby reception and then again at the floor you're heading to. My first interviewer was slightly rude and condescending. The second one barraged me with questions machine-gun style. I thought it had gone well enough but I guess not because I never heard back. I reached out to the hiring manager (Ms. Rude & Condescending) and she flat-out ignored me. Never even wrote back. I dodged a bullet because I would not want to work with people like that. Very unprofessional experience with Pearson. No thank you!
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