Scholastic reviews

3.4

41% would recommend to a friend

(1,174 total reviews)
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44% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Scholastic has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 1,174 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Scholastic employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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2.0
May 31, 2020

Charade

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Dedicated and hard-working colleagues that are truly passionate about improving literacy.

Cons

- Extremely high turnover; not generally open to progressive thinkers - Low opportunity for growth; roles defined by vague and menial standards - Negative work environment; obvious favoritisms - Permeating silo mentality across teams; blatant lack ownership - Poor leadership; disjointed business units - Operating in the past; reluctance to embrace efficient technology - Promotion discrimination, some solely based on pregnancy - Recklessly allocates budgets to unrealized and unnecessary milestones; does not invest in employee development - Little consideration or recognition for hard-working employees; absolutely no company culture (shame for such a beloved brand) - HR is manipulative; prone to support higher management over employees, never impartial, dismissive - Lack of transparency; disregard for employee wellbeing - Hypocritical claims of progressive social impact; racially biased in published works

1.0
Apr 13, 2020

Toxic work environment in e-commerce team

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Office is located in Soho, which is close to a lot of great restaurants and retail stores.

Cons

Over run with Deloitte consultants, temporary staff, high number of voluntary exits, waves of lay-offs, unusually high job instability. During interviews, the digital teams are nice to your face and sell you hard on the job. Once you’re there, every department is at odds with each other so nothing fruitful gets accomplished. General talent Scholastic attracts is subpar due to how much they’re willing to compensate people. Limited training resources and no money for conferences. Kitchen does not have free tea/coffee/snacks/reusable utensils/cups — only hot water. Amazon is eating Scholastics’ breakfast, lunch and dinner all day long.

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