Thread regarding Pearson PLC layoffs

Career architecture

Managers and above have been given some details on the new career architecture rolling out in January. Discussions will be happening with teams and individuals in January and February explaining where each person falls in the new architecture.

Wishing you all luck when it’s your turn! I wanted to create a thread here for people to share their experiences.

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My ftc wasn’t extended (UK team) - told it was cos of budget and AI. Despite working on multi million pound project and the company sitting on £600million profit and work to be done in team. Second time am leaving and frankly relieved. Company has some hideous toxic management

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Post ID: @7tn+1vXErpBD

In durham office people are being bullied, s**ually harassed, discriminated against and let go of overnight. Everyone, look for a way out before it gets worse.

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Post ID: @6nc+1vXErpBD

Ughh totally remember OJeda and Valenzuela aka the penguin, those two were awful to work for. I’m glad he finally got beat up. I saw Valenzuela at Fazollis a few months back and she now has the same hair cut as bill murray

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Post ID: @5cs+1vXErpBD

I just hope that, when it's my time, I get a chance at a better company. I've stuck with pearson because it was my first job (and because I became complacent).

Good luck to everyone. I hope you all get out in time and with a better option.

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Post ID: @585+1vXErpBD

All of this started back in 2020 because of Kevin Worell, he was the biggest mistake since unprotected s-x and aids became related. He began the downfall of Pearson along with Jessica Valenzuela and Alex Ojeda who was caught in the office sleeping with Denise Rascon. Her husband ended up beating up Alex at a Lowe’s parking lot later that year.

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Post ID: @570+1vXErpBD

I was laid off this week. My last day is 2/3/25

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Post ID: @50v+1vXErpBD

Every other year there is a new term for a reorg & layoffs. Career architecture this time. It's fairly obvious that the focus is getting AI to do your job.

Always irritating is that paired with layoffs is always hiring someone who makes a very large salary + bonus at the same time and bragging about it.

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Post ID: @4sq+1vXErpBD

"I was laid off this week. My last day at pearson is 1/21/25"

Which division?

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Post ID: @4sp+1vXErpBD

Post from TheLayoff.com

Ew.

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Post ID: @4ad+1vXErpBD

Let's all be completely frank here.....Pearson has been a sinking ship for close to a decade. It's just that the trash pile is burning hotter now than ever before. Like the violin players on the deck of the Titanic, it su-ks to be the ones still bound to the ship. "Stability" and remaining stagnant can be addictive. Do yourself a HUGE favor and leave the ship while there's still a few life rafts left. The entire leadership team is in stock pumping mode and nobody gives a cr-p about product. Huge layoffs this week in the hilariously failing ASSessments division --- which makes the fourth such round of large-scale workforce reductions since 2021. I'm here to tell you......the only people getting a prize from this carnival are the VPs and above who are just milking their time. Very few of them could actually make it in a real company ---- else they would have jumped ship by now. Their entire identity is tied to a company that they've likely worked at since they graduated from college.....and the thought of doing anything else at this point is terrifying to them.

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Post ID: @4a8+1vXErpBD

I was laid off this week. My last day at pearson is 1/21/25

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Post ID: @4a0+1vXErpBD

It certainly seems like this could lay the groundwork for layoffs, but no word yet.

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Post ID: @3za+1vXErpBD

so a reorg?

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