Pearson Employee Reviews about "good benefits"

Cons

Opportunities to grow are limited. There are very capable senior managers that have to make up for other seniority that take advantage of the company size and pose a bad example. Because of the growing speed of the company departments start viewing themselves as gate keepers, introducing their own rules and forgetting to view the company as a whole. Communication and working with each other are lacking in some places. Between some groups is a disconnect with makes it challenging to fulfill promises made to the customer and deliver to contract.

Cons

Micro Managing No Communication Lack of Management availability No training - because Management is too busy to train Treats employees like children and has even said they "babysit" their employees Poop runs downhill when management is under fire in their own position Gossip about other employees Very low moral Dishonest Not helpful when employees come to them for help - they're told to figure it out. Cannot rely on getting your pay check here as Payroll is outsourced and messes up all the time.

Cons

The company's reaction to the Great Recession has been one of self-sabotage and undermining all the qualities that made it a great place to work. The "best place to work for women" is now run almost entirely by old white men who have given up our identity as an educational publisher to be a vague "digital solutions company" that chases whatever profit opportunity looks shiny that day. We're forced to look the other way when we create and SELL incomplete products/platforms that need at least another year in development. Management communicates to us as if a third of our stakeholder partners were not just laid off. We have jettisoned institutional knowledge and foisted the extra work on people who were already working overtime. When asked what it's like to work at Pearson, I compare it much to the musicians on the Titanic who didn't have a seat in the life boat. We keep playing, because what else can we do? It's an odd sensation to work for the most accomplished company in higher education publishing while it sinks.

Cons

You work on a computer all day and actually never have face to face contact with students. You teach online for a 30 minute time slot and students are not required to attend. There is very little face to face training and you are required to go through a lengthy online training that mostly has to be done on your own time. (Over 100 hours) The job is more about keeping track of student progress than actually making a difference with students you are expected to be online for every minute of the full time day. they have a computer program that tracks you if you are away from your computer for even 5 minutes. They generate hundreds of spreadsheets and everything is tracked including any kind of phone conference with parents or students.

Cons

For a company this large, which you might think fights inertia, there sure are a lot of changes! It seems like some kind of re-org happens every couple of years. It's exciting but sometimes frustrating to get really good at something and then have to re-learn systems and processes.

Cons

The wider company is a bit too corporate; lots of buzzwords and fluff but not a lot of substance. The salary is not really competitive. We lost some valuable team members to companies that pay better. Some of the in-house software has a lot of bugs which can add stress to the job.

Cons

Your experience at Pearson really depends on your manager. I have lots of flexibility in my position and maintain a good work life balance but I know others who are micromanaged and overwhelmed. There is a general feeling of uneasiness as we have been through many major re-organizations in the past few years.

Cons

pay is lower end of the stick

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Company culture is extremely horrible