Mars reviews

Talent retention challenges, management misjudges team strength, interdepartmental disconnect.

Everything depends on who you know, and the network you create. If you aren't an extroverted person who likes to socialize constantly, and talk yourself and your work up, it is highly unlikely that you will get promoted. Events and meetings always feel like an opportunity to just that, with people jockeying for their personal agendas. As a result, if you just want to get to know people on a personal level, it just don't happen, especially if you have nothing to offer. There is an element of exclusiveness among higher managers, which make you feel undervalued and unimportant if you are just starting out. To that point, the organization has a ton of managers, and not enough people who are actually doing the work. Often reporting structures don't make a ton of sense, and you manager might not even be in your state or country, which is tough when you start off at an organization which thrives on developing relationships. Pay is less than the industry average. The pace of getting things done is very, very slow. So much of our technical work is outsourced, leaving little to learn or develop in terms of skills.