Scholastic reviews

Very physical work, bending, lifting, standing on cement all day for little pay. Upper management doesn't have a real clue and doesn't care. You work to earn vacation only to be told when you can and can not take it. Favoritism is out of control. Management is more concerned with petty who's talking about who than the fairs going out the door. Raises, given once a year, are based on personality, not job performance, or attendance. Someone out of the state who has no clue is making all the decisions. Would rather work a few people to death than hire more full time help. On site managers have their favorites that tend to be lazy, and if you're not one of them there is a target on your back.

The GMs are there because they know how to read a P&L. If they can make their region money, they are golden. They are NOT there because they have management skill of any kind. Threat management is the norm. If they want you gone, they will resort to anything - talking behind your back, giggling as you walk by the "in crowd" or trying to intimidate you. Dishonesty was rampant, and extra-marital affairs with the call center girls was constant. Managers get 100+ emails a day and attend 6 conference calls per week, to the point where actually managing and developing your people was de-prioritized and impossible. But that's OK, because who cares about them? It's the brillance of the managers that really make the company run, right?