Too much micro-managing - Sales Consultant Scholastic Employee Review

2.0
10 Oct 2023
Recommend
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Pros

I loved working for Scholastic - their mission used to be to get books in kids' hands and I was all for it. It used to be a fun company to work for. Working remote was awesome. Great benefits. Company is very diverse & supportive of ALL.

Cons

Things have changed with new management. So much micro-managing. Set amount of calls you had to make per day, set amount of hours you had to be on the phone per day. Unnecessary meetings every week. Just became a daily struggle to stay motivated every day. I never felt like I did a good enough job, or did enough.

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Cons

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