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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1K reviews
3.0
Aug 8, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Best People; Work/Life Balance; Passionate workforce and Loyal Brand

Cons

Too many strategies that is diverging from the Core business. Decision making processes are stagnant causing time to market lateness. Relying on old product lines sales

4.0
Sep 10, 2016

Sales Consultant

Recommend
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Pros

Worked there 5 years. Management was great. If they didnt close their regional office i would still be there. They did alot for us

Cons

Most stressful job i ever had. Very micromanaged. People who were going to make their goals got written up anyways. Policies and procedures changed constantly.

1.0
Feb 10, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

The sales consultants are really supportive and wonderful ladies. This was the only benefit of working there. The co-workers (not including management) made the job tolerable. You get laid off for 7 weeks every summer and are eligible for unemployment for those 7 weeks.

Cons

The management style is to micromanage people. The corporation constantly makes changes to their programs which make it extremely difficult for the sales team to keep current customers and recruit new ones. Yet, the sales team is responsible for carrying the weight of the company although their input is not considered when the corporation makes decisions. Sales consultants are constantly monitored and recorded. They are not trusted to do their job even though the company makes and effort to hire fully competent, educated people they treat their employees like children. Maybe 3 out of 40 sales consultants actually like their job. There isn't anywhere to move up in this company unless you want a supervisor position. All of the innovative positions are located at their headquarters in Lake Mary, FL. It is a dead-end job. The salary range plus commission is low paying for a sales job. The average is $35-50K.

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