Toxic work environment in e-commerce team - Anonymous employee Scholastic Employee Review

1.0
13 Apr 2020
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Office is located in Soho, which is close to a lot of great restaurants and retail stores.

Cons

Over run with Deloitte consultants, temporary staff, high number of voluntary exits, waves of lay-offs, unusually high job instability. During interviews, the digital teams are nice to your face and sell you hard on the job. Once you’re there, every department is at odds with each other so nothing fruitful gets accomplished. General talent Scholastic attracts is subpar due to how much they’re willing to compensate people. Limited training resources and no money for conferences. Kitchen does not have free tea/coffee/snacks/reusable utensils/cups — only hot water. Amazon is eating Scholastics’ breakfast, lunch and dinner all day long.

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Pros

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Cons

In my experience, the company's compensation practices lacked transparency and accountability. When employees asked questions about how their earnings, bonuses, or compensation were calculated, clear answers were often difficult to obtain. Decisions affecting employee pay were made without adequate explanation, and requests for clarification frequently went unresolved. What I found particularly concerning was the apparent disconnect between employee compensation outcomes and management compensation. Employees regularly experienced reduced bonuses or earnings, while management and executive leadership appeared largely unaffected by the same business decisions. This created the perception that the financial impact of those decisions was being borne primarily by employees rather than those making them. After repeatedly seeking explanations and receiving few meaningful answers, I lost confidence in the fairness and transparency of the compensation process.

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