Passion vs Payroll - Editorial Assistant Scholastic Employee Review

4.0
Apr 21, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Working at Scholastic you feel a part of a family. The employees are passionate about what they work on and you get to know everyone very easily.

Cons

Publishing is notoriously underpaid, which makes it very difficult to scrape by at any sort of entry-level position. Most assistants have to supplement their salary by doing freelance work for supplemental income.

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Pros

Remote work and the clients are very nice to work with.

Cons

In my experience, the company's compensation practices lacked transparency and accountability. When employees asked questions about how their earnings, bonuses, or compensation were calculated, clear answers were often difficult to obtain. Decisions affecting employee pay were made without adequate explanation, and requests for clarification frequently went unresolved. What I found particularly concerning was the apparent disconnect between employee compensation outcomes and management compensation. Employees regularly experienced reduced bonuses or earnings, while management and executive leadership appeared largely unaffected by the same business decisions. This created the perception that the financial impact of those decisions was being borne primarily by employees rather than those making them. After repeatedly seeking explanations and receiving few meaningful answers, I lost confidence in the fairness and transparency of the compensation process.

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