I’ve been working here for 3 years and all I’m hearing is “next year is going to be better”. Guess what, re-branding and layoffs at the bottom of the food chain are not the type of reorganization we need to make things better. Pearson is heavy from... — read more 

Senior management book people who have no clue about technology, trying to run a technology company. Country club for managers with no accountability. Office politics and scapegoating anyone attempting to improve or change things for the better as... — read more 

Pearson hit a three-month low on Thursday after weak results from two competitors deepened concerns that academic publishing is suffering from a structural downturn. John Wiley and Barnes & Noble Education both reported sharp falls in textbook sales... — read more 

While London-based Pearson Plc. has shrunk its local workforce dramatically since it acquired McMillan Publishers Ltd. in 1998, executives making a swing through Indiana to talk with educators this week said the firm’s future here is bright... — read more 

*Really bad upper management. I mean really bad. An SVP was recently asked about our group's mobile strategy and had no answer. *In my group, no one in upper management, expect maybe the Managing Director, seems to have any quantitative aptitude... — read more 

CHANGING THE GUARD: Publishing and assessment giant Pearson Education has a new head honcho. On Friday the company owned by UK-based Pearson PLC announced that Kevin Capitani will replace Don Kilburn as president of Pearson North America. Capitani... — read more 

Jul 17, 2015 Testing service provider Pearson will lay off hundreds of employees, the majority of them based in the Austin area, according to the Austin-American Statesman. According to the report, company officials confirmed with the newspaper that... — read more 

How many people did Pearson have to lay off to afford taking a large group to the Four Seasons in Whistler, Canada?

Just ahead of the back-to-school season, Amazon plans to make a major foray into the education technology market for primary and secondary schools, a territory that Apple, Google and Microsoft have heavily staked out. Monday morning, Amazon said that... — read more 

"Here’s a list of problems that Pearson, the world’s largest education company, have encountered with its standardized testing business in the United States over the years. It was collected by the nonprofit National Center for Fair and Open Testing... — read more 

Pearson (Mis)Education, the British-based global “education” publishers reported a net profit increased in 2015, but that was because it sold off assets including of the Financial Times and The Economist. It was also forced to eliminate 4,000 jobs... — read more 

Month old news but thought I would share as I can't recall reading it up here. Sack Fallon and all the other empty suits (with outlandish salaries) including those in the USA (Kilburn, Bozik etc): More Layoffs at Pearson March 19, 2014 Pearson, the... — read more 

Bloomberg: The number of Americans filing applications for unemployment benefits unexpectedly declined last week to match a more than 42-year low, indicating employers are upbeat about an economy that bogged down in the first quarter. Jobless claims... — read more 

My spouse of 20 years, worked as a director at Pearson VUE for 5 years, and I was really surprised he was laid off two weeks ago! I know he was outstanding and professional employee for long time; he went on business trip all the time and gave... — read more 

Mar 31, 2016 IOWA CITY — Staff reductions continue at the Iowa City office of Pearson, the British educational publishing and testing company. Pearson plans to lay off 57 employees within the next 30 days at its North Dodge Street office, according... — read more 

Dear colleagues, Today we’re publishing our full year financial results for 2015. As you all know, it was a tough year for Pearson. We’re still a strong, profitable company – we’re reporting a profit of £723 million, in line with the expectations we... — read more 

If Pearson is going to put all their eggs in that basket, employees should start updating their resumes now.

he got offer for clinical assessment group. My brother is in international visa and if there is any layoff in future he might have to travel back to our country.

Does anyone know exactly what this means for North America and assessments? It is from the Washington Post: "Integrate our North America based assessment operations, and reduce costs primarily to increase our competitiveness and focus more on... — read more 

Speaking as one of those recently let go by Pearson, no solid intel on when/where layoffs are coming but don't be surprised when they do. Word had their North American Higher Ed sales (a huge part of Pearson's revenue) suffered badly in '15. They are... — read more 

Pearson will or has announced that there will be layoffs at the end of January 2016 and March of 2016. Pearson is moving heavy into an offshore model and outsourcing to Accenture etc.. to cut costs. There is a constant exodus of good technical and... — read more 

Pearson has so far retrenched or reduced the hours of 200-250 MGI/ CTI (under Pearson) staff members in South Africa. The Randburg (Johannesburg, South Africa) Campus has been closed affecting the whole staff complement. Existing staff's contracts on... — read more 

"I have applied for numerous Pearson positions I'm qualified to do, with no luck for an interview or a courteous "We Do Not Want You" letter... Silly me, to think that Pearson would want to help one of their own." I was laid off from Pearson in 2013... — read more 

Yesterday was a bad day. I got a pink slip after 10 years with the Pearson along with about 300 other unlucky souls. I suppose it was time anyway, although it didn't make it any easier. I feel bad for all my co-workers that lost jobs. It wasn't due... — read more 

Pearson announced this past month that they have lost 90% of TX contract and FL contract for educational assessments. My husband has worked for them for over 8 years. He is trying to get away from the assessment divisions associated with states as... — read more 

In March of last year, the employees in the English language teaching and language testing dpts were informed that layoffs are very likely. The entire ELT sales team at was affected with this info. “The market is changing and to succeed we need to... — read more 

Get ready for 2015, things are not improving and our digital strategy sucks. Pearson will be in trouble next year.

Anyone heard about reorg plans for Q3? I heard that it may result in layoffs?

it's a bloody massacre over there - we will be going thru layoffs soon as well - Pearson has a slue of strategic issues and we'll have to cut deep

it's a bloody massacre over there - we will be going thru layoffs soon as well - Pearson has a slue of strategic issues and we'll have to cut deep

In Upper Saddle River they're starting to get the news. Editors have been told that they will have to layoff most of the people that work for them. All project managers to be let go and everyone will have to reapply for their positions even though... — read more 

Layoffs continue

Company is much too focused on profit at the expense of their products and employees. Priorities change every week. No chance for advancement unless you are one of the chosen or someone else quits. For the world's largest educational company they do... — read more 

Pearson needs a CPA at the helm, and someone who appreciates/loves the sagas and classics dear Penguin has kept in print. Can these stories and Grimm be reduced to children's stories. Anderson fairy tales are fake but not Grimm. See the 4 volume set... — read more 

Pearson needs a CPA at the helm, and someone who appreciates/loves the sagas and classics dear Penguin has kept in print. Can these stories and Grimm be reduced to children's stories. Anderson fairy tales are fake but not Grimm. See the 4 volume set... — read more 

this was a great company - greed destroyed it

Rumors are true, very sad day. Pearson is laying off nearly 200 employees in the U.S.. contracts employees, Helpdesk, and like 200 from sales. I always wanted to work for Pearson. Left a great job to work for a great company. I wish I still felt that... — read more 

the whole edu sector is in shambles - P is not an exception