Not Worth Your Time - Data Scientist Pearson Employee Review

1.0
Nov 24, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Working with a collaborative team of very smart individuals and getting to work on new technologies. Learning on the job and conferences are also a plus. Good salary.

Cons

Management is typical, by which I mean power hungry, sexist, and racist. Those promoted are those who play the "game" and give lip service to management, even at the expense of a project or team member. Women, and especially women of color, are gaslit, condescended to, and not protected by management. Employees are told to give their opinion on projects, but if their opinion doesn't align with management and serve management's power trip, they are gaslit and forced to quit, thereby excusing the company of legally paying the wronged employee any severance. Ultimately, marketing will attempt to sell the company as trying to help students with new products, and ultimately this is a lie. The students the company claims to serve are the very people who are most harmed by companies like this who uphold white supremacist and sexist norms while grabbing for more and more power and money. Not worth your time; you cannot make change from within.

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Pearson Response
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Hello, What you have described is not who we are and does not align to our values. There's no place for sexism or racism at our company. That's why we have every employee sign our Code of Conduct (https://www.pearson.com/legal-information/our-policies/code-of-conduct.html) and give them multiple ways to report any violations. Thank you.

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