Here are a couple of other ways.
;with MyEmail (email)
as
(
select 'pearson.charles@companyname.com'
)
select *
, LEFT(email, charindex('@', email, 0) - 1)
, SUBSTRING(email, 1, CHARINDEX('@', email) - 1)
, REPLACE(SUBSTRING(email,1,CHARINDEX('@',email)),'@','')
from MyEmail
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