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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4.0
Apr 1, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Wrigley/MARS offers a wealth of resources to improves ones professional make up. The culture lends itslef to coaching and development while leveraging category knowledge that is mutually beneficial to the customer and the organization. The people and structure that exist under the sales functions are incredible.

Cons

Many SKUs to learn compared to other CPG companies.

4.0
Apr 1, 2014

Grow your career with Wrigley

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Wrigley provides a great balance of working for a large company that feels small. Wrigley’s brand strategy and heritage are known throughout the world and is something that is expected from a large CPG company but also something we are proud of. However, Wrigley often times feels like a small company—in a good way. During my time at Wrigley I have had the privilege of working on cross-functioning teams where we were given the freedom to problem solve critical issues that face the company. It is exciting to work in a group your opinion is weighed on its value rather than the title of the person speaking. Lastly, Wrigley strongly supports your career aspirations. If you have a career path in mind, your manager and peers will help you navigate the best path towards achieving your goals. This point truly demonstrates that Wrigley understands the importance of supporting its employees

Cons

Wrigley is a top manufacturer in the gum category. Unfortunately, the gum category has struggled to perform over the past several years. As a result Wrigley is experiencing pressure to help stabilize the category. Its employees are working hard to achieve set goals but it is a challenge to keep the energy that is needed for long-term results.

4.0
Mar 28, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Endless amount of free chocolate, strong brands to work on, great health benefits, many resources and tools to do your job, great training (Mars U.), etc. Mostly really good, hard working people that care for the company. I do think that they try to keep the five principles working in action.

Cons

The end of year review process is painful here. Even when you've done 8 out of 10 things on your individual business objectives (IBO's) well, your supervisor will spend 45 minutes beating you down on the two things that you could have done better. Hoping that part of the culture changes as the company evolves. It does get a bit political as I've seen several associates get rewarded and promoted even though a program they worked on lost the company money and was mismanaged. Hiring - Very focused currently on only ivy-league style MBAs... good thing to have a myriad of backgrounds and experiences, vs. all being so cookie cutter in approach. Locations of most of the offices aren't ideal unless you want to live in the 'sticks'.

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