Everyone said it would be a great place to work...wrong! - Anonymous employee Scholastic Employee Review

3.0
Mar 27, 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

1. Great location. 2. I think their corporate mission is great - focusing on kids to help them read, learn, and grow. 3. Although clueless, I think upper management tries to do the right thing.

Cons

1. Middle management is intensely political and could be petty. 2. HR is a nightmare. 3. While I was there, IT had embraced "Software as a Service" as a model for everything, without consideration for when SaaS was appropriate and when it was not. This led to application access slowness and frustration.

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