Mars reviews

4.3

87% would recommend to a friend

(4,391 total reviews)
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Poul Weihrauch

92% approve of CEO

77% positive business outlook

Mars has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 4,391 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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1.0
Jun 9, 2021

A waste of career time

Recommend
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Pros

Love hearing the positive news, even when the ship is sinking, so you walk away happy. Being a cult you are surrounded by an echo chamber, so you will be happy, irrespective of what's going on Fantastic brand recognition you never feel you are missing out on anything until you leave

Cons

1. You never feel you are missing out on anything until you leave. 2. Once you leave and it takes about a year before you realize how demented the organization is. The rest of the world has moved away in salaries, promotions, careers, and you find yourself repeating the 5 principles mantra. 3. Company is hemorrhaging money and losing people and yet, no talk about it. 4. No one wants to change anything. Leadership globally is made up of Western EU expats from a clique , and they don't want change, as they will lose their benefits. 5. Someone tell me how will an expat know how to do business in China? this is a company that has invested billions of dollars over 2 decades. Their Chinese employees tell them candy, desserts are not part of the food habits there! but why will an expat listen? they get paid overseas pay free school for kids, free housing. 6. All Non EU employees are there to fill the room with positive talk and the greatness of the 5 principles! Love it! 7. Speak with some ex Martians, and all will tell you its a cult and they realized it only a few months after leaving. 8. In all honesty I never leave reviews for a company, as why would I want change in a company I have left, let them stew. This is just to forewarn and people who are enthusiastic and tuned for change. Mars is not, so don't waste your time, energy, and enthusiasm.

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Thank you for taking the time to write a review to share your experience with us and provide such constructive feedback. Yours is clearly not the experience we aim to offer our Associates, and we're incredibly sorry to hear that during your time at Mars you did not receive the right level of support. We deeply care for our Associates' wellbeing and development, and are dedicated to always improving, so we would really appreciate the opportunity to discuss this further with you. Please reach out to your previous People and Organization team. We look forward to hearing from you.
1.0
Dec 14, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Good Pay and Benefits. Good locations.

Cons

Even you meet expectations or exceed expectations in annual performance reviews, they let you go in any reorganization. Then you wonder what else I should do to keep my job even my performance has no issue. Every 2-3 years there will be reorganization announcement and they lay off people arbitrarily. Associates at the end of the day are just numbers.

1.0
Mar 15, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Pros are fading fast unless you are a Director or VP with a huge bonus and no ethics

Cons

3rd Major Layoff in 5 years ongoing despite earnings over 20%. This time they are outsourcing to India across many functions. 5 principles are gone from Mars.

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