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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1.0
Sep 26, 2021

That's a big no...RUN AWAY!!!

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Pros

Helps get reading material into the hands of children across the globe.

Cons

Management at the Distribution Center is stale. Too many people have been in positions of authority for too long. Old ways of doing business. Need new blood at the top. Although they recruit leaders with "Continuous Improvement" experience, they show no real interest in making change or truly changing anything. Not interested in hearing new ideas. Antiquated systems. Top-down "do as I say" management style. No collaboration between Managers and Supervisors. Toxic work atmosphere. Lots of retention bonuses and incentives for hourly staff, but absolutely NOTHING for exempt staff. The reason given? "The attrition rate in the exempt staff is not an issue." Well that is changing quickly. I personally was straight up lied to in my interview process. I was told that we don't work much OT. "Maybe an occasional 9-hr day and a 5-hr Saturday. We've been on 9-hrs and 8-hr Saturdays for 5 months with no end in sight.

2.0
Sep 25, 2021

Scholastic Boikfair

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Pros

Summers off Co workers Working with schools Supporting literacy

Cons

Management rewards employees who do not create problems. They are not looking to grow this business . The message from management is loud and clear do not create any problems do not rock the boat just check off your task list and get your job done. No one cares about happy customers or the mission or truly growing the business, they just want the day to end epwithout any problems.

1.0
Apr 10, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Ok with tech stack and some learning

Cons

It’s a mess here...no good management lot of contact

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