Mars reviews

4.3

86% would recommend to a friend

(4,396 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 4,396 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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2.0
Dec 13, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Pay and bonuses are great, dogs are allowed on-site, location in the Nashville suburb is great, casual dress code

Cons

Highly political environment, management focuses on what you're doing wrong and call you out on it and rarely acknowledge what you're doing right, lots of gossiping, lacks corporate maturity by hiring inexperienced people with poor people and management skills, open office environment allows everyone to watch/listen to everyone which feeds the gossip chain, no work/life balance, personnel evaluations by management are political and sometimes includes aspects of an associate's personal life, has a designated 'crying room' which is a small, windowless office with a table and a few chairs - used for terminating employees, high turnover, too much politics for a company this size, quick to fire people.

3.0
Dec 11, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great pay (higher than any other company in the region); real global environment, where you can modify the ways of work from another region of the globe; opportunity to travel abroad; lots of benefits, bringing the feeling that the company really cares about its employees; great approachability with senior leaders and board members.

Cons

There's no limit for activities to be pushed at the worker; unrealistic work hours for some teams (44 week-hours plus 10 weekend hours); policies about career path and growth make it seem wonderful, reality is completelly different; lots of junior managers without previous management experience using analysts work to grow and forgetting about analysts later; brown nosing environment generates frustration in hard working employees; yearly mandatory develment plan doesn't necessarily lead employees to the positions they wish to reach.

2.0
Dec 5, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

originally people were great; enthusiasm of employees, family atmosphere, caring for each other, real team work between management and employees; performance recognized.

Cons

Last few years loss of family atmosphere, fear of job loss among employees and management, lack of trust between management and employees, change to open office work environment. Insincerity of management and fear that sparks employees to give the responses to surveys that management wants to hear rather than the truth. Too many changes in Management in Supply Chain. Canada is seen as a training ground for new Managers so they are more concerned with making their mark than working with employees and creating a enjoyable work environment that inspires employees to work hard and give back to the company due to pride in the product and place where they worked. IF you know you are going to be there for only 2 or less years you do not necessarily make decisions that have positive long lasting effects; instead quick fixes and what's best for us right now and let the next guy deal with the negative long term consequences.

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