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      Ares Management

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      Ares Management reviews

      3.5

      60% would recommend to a friend

      (438 total reviews)
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      Michael Arougheti

      86% approve of CEO

      59% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.7

      Compensation and benefits

      3.4

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.3

      Culture & values

      3.3

      Work/Life balance

      3.1

      Career opportunities

      3.0

      Senior management

      Ares Management has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 438 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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      438 reviews
      3.0
      Aug 31, 2012

      Great potential for growth, though sometimes small company mindset makes work challenging.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great pay, benefits and beautiful corporate office in Century City, Los Angeles. There are alot of wonderful, hard working people employed with the company. Alot of young and single people as well that are always planning happy hours and outside events.

      Cons

      The company has grown really quickly so the back office company culture have not caught up with this yet. This can be frustrating when any kind of change is proposed because it takes a long time for decisions to be made.

      1.0
      Jul 13, 2012

      Make sure you ask for good money (~2x) if you are jumping ship to compensate you for the risk you'll be taking.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Competitive salary, good benefits, free lunch...the best that money can buy! Also, because they pay for talent, there are some very intelligent people also who work here.

      Cons

      Unprofessional behavior, incompetent management, borderline unethical, lots of egos, unnecessary bureaucracy, high employee turnover, unwritten 10-12 hour workdays

      3.0
      Nov 17, 2011

      Stressful work environment and weak on employee development

      Fund accountant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      competitive salary, free food, great area

      Cons

      Ares has unrealistic expectations of you. They want you to work long hours, do not incentivise. They get angry if you ask questions when you are first learning a process. Basically, they just want you to be perfect and understand their convolluded systems and methods instantly. Good luck if you are not entering with a wheelhouse of corporate experience. If you are not, have fun getting chewed out.

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