Director - Director, Finance, Strategy, Business Development Scholastic Employee Review

2.0
21 Dec 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Commitment to the education and literacy of children is genuine. Nice personalities and overall energy in office. Cafeteria is clean, picturesque and reasonably priced. Plenty of external company sponsored activities to participate in. Senior management is diverse in terms of gender. Has been aggressive in adapting to new technologies.

Cons

Public company but operates like its family owned with too much autocratic thinking. Divisions are very isolated and thus, cross fertilization of ideas are tough to come by as everyone is fighting for turf. Racial diversity was a lot better ten years ago until the layoffs started. Constant restructuring has resulted in the layoff of some great talent. Survivors are heavily engaged in office politics.

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