Horrible culture - Anonymous employee Scholastic Employee Review

1.0
Aug 4, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

benefits, fellow employees, product-I do not have additional pros but 5 words are required.

Cons

Culture is horrendous, fear based, old school, stressful, absolutely no room for any creativity or free thinking, no socializing to anyone anytime, management changes goals and bonus structure at anytime with no discussion and or explanation and they are not attainable, absolutely no loyalty to the health and well being of employees even for tenured employees. Every employee is considered disposable and is treated like a robot. Management even monitors how long your bathroom breaks are and if they feel excessive will dock your pay for a break. If I could rate the managmet and culture with t a negative scale I would.

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