Is Scholastic a good company to work for?

Scholastic has an overall rating of 3.4 out of 5, based on over 1,372 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months. 41% of employees would recommend working at Scholastic to a friend and 46% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Scholastic have been left by employees working as Warehouse Associate , Manager and Warehouse Worker .

Does Scholastic pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Scholastic employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Scholastic. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Scholastic?

41% of Scholastic employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Scholastic 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 2.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Scholastic?

Sales Consultant (41) , Warehouse Associate (22) , Director (18) , Inside Sales Representative (17) , Manager (17) , Warehouse Worker (17) , Sales (16) , Product Coordinator (12) , Book Fair Consultant (11) , Editor (11) , Software Engineer (11) , Designer (10) , Marketing (10) , Order Picker (10) , Account Executive (9)

What are the pros of working at Scholastic according to real employee reviews?

"Great people and a nice company" ((in 125 reviews)); "Great benefits and it's easy" ((in 81 reviews)); "Work life balance can be good if you're not on a tight deadline" ((in 66 reviews)); "Some coworkers are great." ((in 38 reviews)); "flexible hours and within drivable distance from home." ((in 28 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Scholastic according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management and difficult to move up in the company" ((in 101 reviews)); "It strains the back out and the pay is too low" ((in 61 reviews)); "The upper management and some of the middle management is pretty awful." ((in 55 reviews)); "Salary was low." ((in 37 reviews)); "Poor leadership; disjointed business units" ((in 25 reviews))

What are employees saying about Scholastic layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Scholastic layoffs and their outlook for job security at Scholastic in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Scholastic locations?

New York , Jefferson City , Lake Mary , Saint Charles , Neosho , West Chester , Los Angeles , Cincinnati , Houston , Olympia , Kennesaw , Chicago , Fenton , Charlotte , Dallas , Secaucus , Saint Louis , Raleigh , Roselle , Milwaukee , Waco , Indianapolis , Orlando , Watertown , Cranbury , Brooklyn , Phoenix , San Diego , Fremont , Danbury

Scholastic reviews

3.4

41% would recommend to a friend

(1,174 total reviews)

Dick Robinson

44% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Company ratings over time

Ratings trend for the last 6 months (1,174 reviews)

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Scholastic has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 1,174 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Scholastic employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

1K reviews

4.0

Mar 27, 2019

Lot of potential to growth

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Sunrise business as education is growing. Opportunity to learn new things as the company direction is not rigid and change from time to time as well as processes.

Cons

Politic and fire fighting amount departments. Need to spend extra hours to get things done. Staff turnover in my department is high, all new people now just a year after I left.

3.0

Sep 10, 2015

Good

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The best place to work if you love children books, the authors who wrote them and love to encourage the next generation to read

Cons

Not so much of a cons but definitely something to look into in terms of scaling organizational structure and communication horizontally and vertically

4.0

Jun 17, 2015

Project Manager

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible working time to balance work and life

Cons

Lot of business travel,poor salary

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