Company is crashing and burning - Anonymous employee Scholastic Employee Review

2.0
Sep 23, 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Knowledgable workforce that continues to produce great books like The Hunger Games

Cons

Despite Scholastic's attempts to appear digital-friendly, the company is not adapting well and is behind the industry in many respects. The heavily siloed departments and nepotistic senior management are hurting internal communications. Some divisions have a culture of fear, as opposed to creativity and innovation. You can tell the company is run by dinosaurs when you walk through the building--ancient technology, stacks of dust-covered papers and books, and boxes of office supplies nobody knows what to do with. The "most trusted name in learning" is actually about revenue, revenue, REVENUE, and even that they're not doing well. These be dark days for Clifford...

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