Very bad upper management, no regard for employee feelings, they worked hard to change their policies everyday . - Customer Service Representative Scholastic Employee Review

1.0
5 Jan 2011
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Pros

The book store was great and they had decent benefits. OK for a first job for graduates. Gave employees Harry Potter books and had B-day breakfasts.

Cons

Pay was terrible. Upper management very poorly handled. Changed policy everyday and if you did anything wrong they would find a reason to fire you. The supervisors knew nothing about what was going on. I watched all this plus for over 15 years and when I left I never cared to go back. Very confusing place to work...I guess the partiallity is what I detested. People got promotions that could barely spell and knew nothing. IT depended on who you knew and what your name was.

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