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
Oct 2, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits, summers off. You'll need those summer's to recoup mentally and physically.

Cons

Horrible pay for the amount of work they pile on you. Favoritism at it's best. Pay is based on personality and how much the bosses like you. Work ethic, job performance, attendance mean nothing when it comes down to raise time. It's all about how well they like you. They like tattle tales, nerdy, happy, talkers, (as long as it's them your talking to). It's a do as I say not as I do kind of place. Bosses have no respect for employees, have no clue the very physical aspects of the job the rush you through. They give the best workers more work but not the pay to match it, and yes I was told I was given more because I'm fast, although I know for a fact others are paid way more because of their "attitude". Hard to have a good attitude when you're treated like crap. Part time is when we need you we'll call you. Can't give a part timer a schedule, expect them to sit home by the phone and wait. Some have worked one day a week. Part timer is asked to work, they come in and if work is done early they're sent home. This place will suck the life right out of you. I have had my share of torture. I've been job searching for a year now. Need day shift, with benefits and I'm outta there. Worse place I have ever worked for.

3.0
Aug 6, 2015

research manager

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

great people and product, good work environs

Cons

secrecy, and terrible upper management with no management skills

2.0
Jun 25, 2015

Not a place to be if you want career progress

Anonymous employee
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Pros

It's a laid back environment, and coworkers are friendly/casual. Hours are flexible as long as the work gets done.

Cons

The actual work is tedious on a low level, and I have asked multiple times for more challenging tasks/a raise (the pay is also pitiful- though in keeping with the industry - after four years) and have been rebuffed every time. I have been told multiple times that the resources are not available to train people properly, promote, or give raises.

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