a money-wasting company led by a disorganized and spoiled upper management team - Assistant Editor Scholastic Employee Review

1.0
Jan 24, 2012
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Pros

They loved wasting money on the most boring "moral boosting" parties... but at least there was booze and food. The health benefits were also very good, and you got them as soon as you started to work at Scholastic.

Cons

- Upper management team wasted everyone's time (and too much money!) by making endless revisions, as well as making everyone work on their personal projects (e.g. every year the president of my division had the production team make personalized holiday cards for her family). - HR doesn't listen to your problems, and they always relay confidential info to your manager. - Upper management treats everyone like their slaves. And if you don't suck up to them constantly, they do everything they can to get you fired. I've witnessed many high-level employees be treated so well, and the moment they disagree with their boss, they are black-listed. - Everyone is underpaid because they give their VP's outrageous annual bonuses ($100K-200K)

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