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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4.0
Oct 23, 2012

Great Experience, lack of Growth

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Pros

Family oriented, often people bring there children to work. There is an indoor greenhouse and the Scholastic Store often throws birthday parties. Everyone is friendly to one another for the most part and there are many employees who have been there for a very long time. There is a lot of experience to gain, especially for one in the IT division. The eScholastic division in particular works with a wide range of new technologies to develop interactive sites, games, and mobile apps.

Cons

As with many big companies, there isn't much growth. They seldom promote and bring in consultants with big salaries that you will then have to train. If you are going to come in as FT, you have to make sure you demand a high salary upfront. The only true way to get a raise is to quit unfortunately.

3.0
Oct 16, 2012

I have had an overall good experience with Scholastic

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Pros

Leading the way with great educational products

Cons

Rare if any chance of receiving a significant increase in salary

3.0
Oct 15, 2012

Great co-workers, inspiring work, bad management

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Pros

Great benefits, awesome location in Soho, lots of really wonderful colleagues who believe in what they're doing, access to amazing children's books and helping kids through literature.

Cons

Management and HR need to be seriously overhauled. Complaints to HR about management were not handled well - it was clear that this was an ongoing issue and nothing was being (or could be?) done about it. It often seemed that people who were not good at their jobs were carried along by the people who worked really hard rather than building teams that were high functioning across the board. Salaries seemed very disparate.

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