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"Flexible Hours/ Great Work-Life Balance" (in 89 reviews)
"Nice people, easygoing work environment" (in 33 reviews)
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"IT upper management seems to have different agenda then the user community" (in 56 reviews)
"Little room for growth, few options to move up in the company" (in 15 reviews)
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"Fun Company"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Scholastic full-time
Pros
Larger serious company, but good work atmosphere
Cons
Lots of constant changes that often do not have time to validate
Advice to Management
Invest more in to your employees
Scholastic 2018-01-30 20:43 PST![Scholastic Logo]()
"making change"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Scholastic full-time
Pros
working with great people and meeting new
Cons
not enough resource during peak!
Scholastic 2019-01-07 05:47 PST![Scholastic Logo]()
"Eh"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookI worked at Scholastic part-time (Less than a year)
Pros
It's easy money but its temp work at best.
Cons
The work schedule follows the school schedule. It's rare to actually work a full shift but theres opportunities to work hours beyond what is your regular set and theres no benefits.
Scholastic 2019-01-16 23:17 PSTHelpful (1)
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"It's a hit or a miss"
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I worked at Scholastic (More than 3 years)
Pros
Friendly coworkers, free coffee, free filtered water in the break room
Cons
Repetitive work, supervisor lashes out on employees from time to time
Scholastic 2019-01-08 01:15 PSTHelpful (2)
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"No support"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookI have been working at Scholastic full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Schedule is really all I can think of since you have summers off (unpaid) but if you don't have kids it really doesn't make sense.
Cons
Management is unprofessional and unhelpful. They are fair weather fans of the business and only supportive when things are going well (which they are not). Competition is rolling in and they have no plan to support their employees through it.
Advice to Management
Start over. You need an entirely new business model.
Scholastic 2019-01-04 03:44 PST![Scholastic Logo]()
"Demand Planner"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Scholastic full-time
Pros
Benefits, time off and company culture.
Cons
Promotions seem to be based off of how the VP wants to move folks around rather than performance.
Scholastic 2018-12-12 17:20 PSTHelpful (1)
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"Job gets harder everyday low pay"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookI have been working at Scholastic full-time
Pros
Great people, summers off, working with schools
Cons
Low pay, increasing responsibilities ,
Advice to Management
Seek more input on products and services from the people who work with customers everyday.
Scholastic 2018-12-25 06:09 PST![Scholastic Logo]()
"Summer Internship"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Scholastic (Less than a year)
Pros
Good workshops, net working opportunities, reasonable hours
Cons
Cannot think of any limitations
Advice to Management
You are doing great!
Scholastic 2018-12-06 06:31 PSTHelpful (1)
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"Do Not Work Here"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Scholastic full-time (More than 8 years)
Pros
Not much to say here.
Cons
Unhealthy place to work. Infighting. No job advancement. CRM issues.
Scholastic 2018-12-30 18:18 PST![Scholastic Logo]()
"Significant improvements in the last year, still a bit more to go"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Scholastic full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
- Pay has improved drastically after a couple months of retention issues that leadership acknowledged in private but scoffed at when questioned
- Workplace benefits have improved - free coffee, snacks every day, bagels once a week, fully stocked fridge
- career development opportunities have improved; new proof-of-concept program and hackathons give developers a chance to make an impact on the company with personal projects that can be picked up and fundedCons
- Location - not much can be done about WHERE the office is, but more can be done about what it looks like. Paint the walls, put out some plants, give some life to the environment so that you're encouraging creativity among your engineers
- Get better about recognizing your problem teams and managers; certain leads have a warped view of how to engage with their team members, leading to situations where they're given way too much work with little to no say about what the real effort it. They put some of their engineers in a position to fail and that doesn't have a clear way of being reported up the chain
- PTO and healthcare benefits suckAdvice to Management
Keep listening to your engineers - they're the ones keeping your business running. Invest in your employees, remember they're not code monkeys, and give us some color!
Scholastic 2018-11-01 17:47 PDT
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