Ares Management reviews

3.4

56% would recommend to a friend

(441 total reviews)
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Michael Arougheti

87% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

Ares Management has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 441 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Ares Management employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.6 stars).

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441 reviews
1.0
Jul 2, 2024

Toxic

Recommend
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Pros

- desperate for a job - don’t require work life balance - enjoy being micro managed and gas lighted.

Cons

Managers who are given the title yet totally lack managerial skills. Micro manage and do not support team work unlike what the company sells on team work culture. Toxic culture, long hours and treat employees like commodities

1.0
Nov 20, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Reasonably good salary and bonus. Biggest private lender with good track record so plenty of people with expertise to learn from.

Cons

Very bad culture. Calculative and competitive teammates. Managers don’t care about employees’ mental health and have no boundaries/ respect for employees’ own time. No recognition for performance but blaming culture for little mistakes. Managers would tell you the team is very collaborative and lively but in fact people make sick jokes and bully each other all the time. Pay is good but you will see your mental heath evaporate. Think twice before you apply.

2.0
Feb 12, 2023

Ok ok company

Recommend
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Pros

Only employee benefits and policies but best one.

Cons

-Dominating management. -Management will say they have open door policy but it's not exactly true. -Not at all good for freshers due to party culture -HRs will help only if your manager is in your favour. - Forcefully you may have to agree on whatever they implement as a policy and if you don't agree they may terminate your employment. Eg. Night shifts - No new project or internal team change. - As they don't have great opportunities to evolve as an all rounder they throw so many parties that employees will be happy and forget about it. - India employees are treated like they are servents. They have to agree and follow all the commands from US members. - Lack of opportunities as an Indian employee.

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