Going downhill - Finance Scantron Employee Review

1.0
28 Jun 2023
Recommend
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Pros

The people in my department were great, that was it.

Cons

Scantron was at its prime when it was the hottest technology decades ago. Still finding other ways to be profitable , but now it’s a sinking ship internally. PE takeover in the last couple years and it’s never been the same since from what I understand. Many of the managers have an impressive tenure, but I have seen a lot of them go in a short amount of time Unbridled CEO full of hot air who excessively recycles executives, and drains the life out of managers with their erratic and illogical demands. Executives are continuously replaced until the right henchman is found. I was only there less than a year and got caught in the process of rabid reorg, apparently purging every department, and bringing in a new team to “fix it” without any understanding of what the problems are and what work is involved . Total communication blackout among senior managers and executives at a surprising level. A ton of contracting overseas to supplement workforce all across the business. There have been employee surveys introduced but they refuse to share the results of them , citing they have to protect employee anonymity, which is a straight up lie , as pretty much every other company in the world who does this is transparent about the general results and stats . Huge red flag right there. So many red flags in general.

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5.0
19 Dec 2024
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Pros

prior to the pandemic, Scanron made decisions to best move the company forward. Executive management cared about their employees.

Cons

In Dec 2019 Scantron was sold to a private equity organization that was planning on helping with foward vision and growth. The majority of the profit/revenue for Scantron was based on schools and education and with the Pandemic schools no longer needed paper forms, so the company was faced with stuggles to maintain revenue.

4.0
22 Jan 2025
Recommend
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Pros

I worked for Scantron on two different occasions in two different locations. In 2021, I worked for them in Midland, TX. After only 5 months of employment, I had to take a leave of absence to be a caregiver to my 90 year-old mother in what turned out to be her final months of life. This required me to relocate to a different part of the state and they did not have an open position for me to return to in that are at the time that my leave was to end. Fast forward a little over a year later, they had an opening in my area, and gladly took me back because I left on good terms and for good reason the first time. That was good of them to do that.

Cons

Some in upper management seemed as if they could not say "no" to new business and it created an environment where we were expected to cram 16 hours worth of work into an 8 hour day and OT was not allowed. Unless you were on-call for one account that demanded after hours availability. This was two hours in the evening through the week and 8 hours on Saturday for 18 hours total, or $90. That amounts to $5/hour. I won't portend to speak for any other techs, but my personal after hours time is worth more than that. A lot more.

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