You won’t actually get a performance rating that is true - Anonymous employee Pearson Employee Review

2.0
Mar 5, 2018
Anonymous employee
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Pros

I honestly am running out of reasons to stay and having trouble finding positive things to say. You get paid regularly, since I had to come up with another words to enter this review.

Cons

Your performance rating is limited by how many of that rating they can hand out in your group, as if a professor was told by administration that he can only give out 2 A’s, the rest of the students have to be given B’s or below even if they earned perfect scores on all tests. If you have a high performing team then most of you will receive a lower rating than you actually earned. This is tied to your bonus amounts as well. So not only does your permanent record show a mediocre performance history when it should have been Exceeds Expectations or higher, you will also get hit in the pocketbook. Somehow they can’t understand how this is demotivating and I am not even sure it’s legal.

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