Pearson Employer Reviews

Some days at pearson were busy with different loads of shipment. I learned to take measurements of each book and package electronically; I was able to keep track of out of stock areas. The management team/co-workers were friendly and very helpful. The hardest part of the job was being away from my family overnight; the actual job was easy to learn. – more... I enjoyed every part of the job. – less

This position is an online QA testing position so that makes it flexible. I have enjoyed working for Pearson in this capacity some years now.

working mornings Monday through Friday and weekends off, we got 10 min breaks every 2 hours, it helped us work better and the day go by faster

While I enjoy the laid back nature of the company, the pay is quite terrible for the amount of work demanded of you (especially considering the cost of living where the offices are located). If you don't want to do sales, it's not that easy to make vertical moves. However, the company has gone above and beyond when an employee is having personal issues.

Upon Offer of Employment you are asked to sign a WAIVER that you will not ask for "prompt pay" if you don't qualify for a project & they fire you. Highly irregular. You also have to agree to a pay schedule chart that is obscured by incomprehensible jargon. No one understands it & management does its best to avoid clarifying it. When you get your paycheck – more... it becomes all too clear. For two days training we were paid $54. That's $3.375 an hour, folks! Poor training. Impossible to calculate what you are owed for actual scoring. By the time you figure out you are being used, the company has shut down & moved on. Office support staff are all temps too & of no help.
Avoid this unethical company. Negativity all around. – less

- Support Human Resource Generalists with day-to-day administrative functions.
- Assist potential employees with application process while demonstrating customer service skills.
- Maintain large amounts of personnel files.
- High regard for confidential and sensitive documents.
- Support employees with information as needed.
- Verify employee information – more... and Payroll prior to employee start date.
- Attend weekly status meetings with Human Resources. – less

Make sure people arent going to cheat, make sure computer systems are working, deal with customer service help and issues -- everyone is part time, which means not much hours for people that need it -- its a great 2nd job or if you go to school or are a stay at home mom that needs extra income.

Low paying positions, with extremely inconsistent work schedules. Employees in these positions treated as if they were brainless - time clocked down to a fraction of a minute. Enjoyed my coworkers and the exam candidates - Pearson management very transparent, other than the periodic email proclaiming some other change to squeeze out another hour of – more... time from the Center. The job was not difficult on the plus side, requiring some knowledge of technology and lots of people skills. – less

Normally works over 40+ hours of week
Have been driven by learning new technology and testing methodology

Management was usually to busy to train me so the vast majority of my skills were self-taught. I was eventually cut due to the ever waning publishing industry.

I enjoyed the work, the collaboration, but not the competition or the stress.

Arrived at work and did my inspection on my forklift to make sure everything was working properly. Checked how much and what work was to be done for the day. I learned to drive different types of machinery and to be more responsible in my work in that I double-checked that all it was done correctly and properly. The management was a great set of people – more... to work with. They helped me to always do the best that I could and pushed to go over and beyond my call of duties to help me better myself. My co-workers and I worked great as a team. We had a healthy and competitive environment where my co-workers and I would compete to see who had put out more product at the end of the shift. – less

deadlines
casual
computer work
productive
enjoyable
funny

Data Entry, Phones, Benefits are good, Good co-workers, 8 to 4 no weekends.

The finance manager position that I hold is responsible for preparing budgets, forecasts and variance analysis; analyzing the P&L and the balance sheet; reviewing payroll; AP; reviewing current expenses and creating bidding opportunites for vendors for items such as vending, cartons, warehouse supplies, etc. The less accountant- more fun part of my – more... position is that I am responsible for organizing take your child to work day, employee appreication lunches and Earth Day events. – less

Review, edit, and scan test documents for 17 states.
I learned how state wide test documents are made, data entry skills, and how to properly grade documents.
Management was great, always kept us motivated and offered plenty of compliments.
I enjoyed my co-workers tremendously.
The hardest part of the job was the hours, 6 am to 6 pm
most enjoyable part – more... of the job was the staff. – less

Great place to wrok for and great people. Easy going as long as you get your work done,

Pearson is the leader in educational books, but the supervisors lack people skills.

Company out sourced jobs.

Low-pay and seasonal position with no benefits. Good for
a temporary job.

I worked there eight years and all I can say is it made me into a man.