Pearson taken over by Accenture IBM Cognizant Deloitte HCL etc - Redacted Pearson Employee Review

1.0
Feb 7, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Wonderful work life balance, plenty of paid vacation. However, you will get plentiful resources for learning but not use them . Not good for someone with ambitious career. But its a choice people are welcome to make and live off their life.

Cons

- No promotion for many years - "Leaders" keeps changing. They mess things up, take their golden parachute to be taken over by new "leaders", rinse and repeat. - Heavily vendor dependent. They want to outsource just about anything - Many VPs, SVPs but almost no engineers, people with hand-on skills. You cannot ideate and build anything - Lately people from Accenture came and made multi year deals with Cognizant Deloitte HCL IBM etc. and laid off people who spent 2-3 decades - Low pay - Internal bickering and politics, favoritism will drain your energy and motivation to contribute anything. Either you get work to do because you are your manager's buddy, relative, same color etc or you do nothing and get paid till you get fired - SVPs and VPs invest in many startups and try to get those companies in without any due diligence so that they can profit from its success.

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5.0
Apr 22, 2026
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Pros

Smart people, supportive environment and good benefits

Cons

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2.0
Jun 11, 2026
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Pros

When a project goes according to plan you can work with some great people and make decent money.

Cons

Bad behavior is tolerated when you have a weak team member. They are allowed to remain on payroll, even if they do not effectively contribute. The burden is often placed on the team members willing to pick up the slack. Promotions are not given to the most qualified. They are randomly assigned. There are some horrible scoring directors as a result.

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