Why is there so much dead weight? - Marketing Coordinator Pearson Employee Review

3.0
30 Aug 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Overall, people are nice. Great location, benefits OK except for vacation time. Summer hours.

Cons

It's so big that there is very little accountability and there is a lot of dead weight, it's a place where if you keep your head down, you can get by without knocking yourself out. Management is very decentralized and there is sort of a "not my job" attitude. Not inspiring. THere is good work going on here but a lot of departments are run so completely separately that no one knows what the other is doing. Cubicle hell.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
11 June 2026
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Pros

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

Cons

Bad behavior is tolerated when you have a weak team member. They are allowed to remain on payroll, even if they do not effectively contribute. The burden is often placed on the team members willing to pick up the slack. Promotions are not given to the most qualified. They are randomly assigned. There are some horrible scoring directors as a result.

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