Scholastic reviews

3.4

41% would recommend to a friend

(1,174 total reviews)
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Dick Robinson

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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1.0
May 16, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Health care benefits, 401 K People you work with (not work for!) Approximately 42 weeks/year work schedule

Cons

This place is micromanaged from Lake Mary! None of these sales managers have EVER booked a fair or worked directly with schools. The managers are completely unhelpful and refuse to step in if there are problems with accounts. Sales are supposed to "fix it" on their own. Expectations and goals are completely unrealistic and unattainable. Our commissions are going away, and nobody has addressed that issue yet! Sales have to do the work of routing, collecting on accounts (if you want to get paid!) and booking fairs. Recently in our region, our capacity has decreased and we no longer have enough fairs pull from for booking, but we are still supposed to make our goals....Really?!? Sales is the backbone of any organization and if sales are not supported, then the company will suffer (and employees too).

4.0
May 12, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

The place is run by educators. Relatively warm place to work but eccentric . Scholastic employs artists and authors and creative people. They obsess over their product line and is relatively even paced.

Cons

Very few open positions for advancement

2.0
May 11, 2012

DISSATISFIED

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits flexible with work time (if you need to go to a dr's appt, no one will really hold you accountable for time) perks: free books, occasional parties/events

Cons

promotions rarely given unless you're a favorite no room to grow or advance no hiring from within favoritism upper management clueless

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