Don't expect to stay with this company - Anonymous employee Mars Employee Review

1.0
Feb 16, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Free candy and some great associates to work with

Cons

The company stresses the importance of their 5 principles and literally beat them into a new associate upon hiring. The problem with this company is that they do not practice what they preach. The corporate office is a joke with people who pull rank and refuse to acknowledge anyone beneath them. You must walk on eggshells when the family is in the office because heavens forbid they are in a bad mood. On several occasions they have yelled at associates in front of everyone. They have no understanding of how to hire properly or keep the associates who are working well. People have been hired simply to fill a position they were tired of interviewing for only to be fired months later because they were not the right fit. Management there is not competent. The promote the wrong people and give them line management privileges when they lack the people skills or general skills to lead a team.

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Pros

- Company car (fuel card, insurance, etc) - Good benefits - Great brand exposure/understanding of CPG sales at the retail level - Annual sales meeting is fun, but exhausting - Simple job

Cons

- Micromanaged by leadership (EVERYTHING is tracked) - Extremely repetitive work (not much freedom in creating your schedule, same tasks over and over, etc.) - Dealing with retail management. If you don't have respectful store managers, good luck. A lot of your KPI's are out of your control and your experience relies on your store. - As DOZENS of other people have said, this is a merchandising job - not sales. You are responsible for placing product on the sales floor after consulting with the store (basically asking management who only views you as free manual labor). There is no commission/incentive for producing positive results. - SEASONS: this is the reason why you have this job if you're working with the Walmart channel. You have unrealistic expectations set from leadership to pack out hundreds of heavy cases of candy each holiday season after begging store management for space to place it. Most of the stores' back rooms are a complete mess and a lot of your product is inaccessible. Long days are expected with no additional pay. - Work/life balance: It is frowned upon to work the bare minimum of 40 hours/week. Your stores get backed up while you're on PTO. Overall: an okay role This isn't a bad job by any means, you just need to know what the role entails before taking this job. You need to relocate for any future opportunities within the company.

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Thank you for taking the time to write your review. We’re sorry to hear your experience with us has not been positive. We aim to support our Associates in every way throughout their time with us and are committed to their wellbeing and development. Please reach out to the independent, confidential team at ombudsman@effem.com, and we look forward to discussing this further.
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