Poor upper management - Anonymous employee Scholastic Employee Review

2.0
29 Sept 2009
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The company is a well known name, and puts out interesting product for children.

Cons

In the department where I was, there was a lot of incompetence at the upper management level, which meant there was also a lot of competition at that level. Where there are lack of skills, there is fear of discovery, which means a lot of finger pointing. That of course, trickles down in their ability to manage lower level employees, which affects their ability to do their job.

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