Nice people but toxic environment - Anonymous employee Pearson Employee Review

2.0
Oct 22, 2024
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Very kind, interesting, international, employee base. Lots of time off (vacation days, sick days, personal holidays, etc.). HR genuinely cares and will give you the best salary/benefits possible.

Cons

Old dinosaur company whose only solution to digging themself out of a ditch of irrelevance is restructuring every year. Company sales are down YoY and they are desperately fighting to do better. How does that look? Creating a ton of new initiatives for which they simply don’t have the manpower. You will be overworked, overwhelmed, and confused by the vague and constant demands of management. As far as growth in the org goes, it is a highly political system. Everyone has been at the company for 10+ years and is incredibly cliquey. You will only succeed if you work overtime and get everyone to love you.

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