Mars reviews

4.3

86% would recommend to a friend

(4,399 total reviews)
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Poul Weihrauch

92% approve of CEO

76% positive business outlook

Mars has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 4,399 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Mars employee rating is 24% above average for employers within the Manufactura industry (3.5 stars).

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4K reviews
3.0
Apr 3, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Decent pay/benefits/vacation, although pay needs restructuring to keep up with competitors -Excellent place to start career -Great people (happy hours, etc) -Can learn a lot in short period of time if motivated -Exceptional brands -Fast pace keeps you on your toes and ready for anything

Cons

-Quite political -Almost always sacrifice wiser long-term decisions for quick fixes -Upper management often promotes ideas they don't follow through on, more specifically...has goals but doesn't have clear vision of how to get there -Uncertain future, company losing it's luster -Marketing doesn't know or show much interest in how rest of the cross-functional business units work -Focus on cost-cutting everything often holds us back from potentially brilliant decisions

2.0
Feb 15, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Will learn a lot about CPG Great group of people, some of the best people I have ever worked with. Very strong company Good values Has a good reputation

Cons

No advancement Continue to layoff people despite record profits No work life balance IT Exec lacks the ability to run the dept

4.0
Oct 28, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible ways of working, freedom to make decisions and act within your role, empowerment, to spend and make financial decisions, great brands, unlimited opportunities to learn and grow, very flat org resulting in minimal interraction with manager

Cons

forced ranking associated with performance reviews, must be a political master to survive, must have a 'sponsor' to advance, extremely limited opportunities for advancement, continuous turmoil caused by reorganizations/restructuring, slow to execute against new ideas/product development

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