A Fortune 500 Company that Needs a Total Overhaul - Anonymous employee Pearson Employee Review

3.0
31 Oct 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Professional satisfaction from work responsibilities

Cons

Pearson has been plagued of late by loss of mega contracts, dramatic drop in share value, shedding of major assets, virtual information overload, and a business model that even MBAs cannot understand. What a new board chairman from Big Pharma can add, will remain to be seen. The onslaught of negative press in business media and respected major newspapers has resulted in plummeting credibility. What do I recommend? Bring in an outside third party of management consultants, such as McKinsey, to provide a complete evaluation and assessment of the company as a whole.

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Wonderful people who truly care about what they do and who they work with.

Cons

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

Cons

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