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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
      1.0
      Apr 26, 2018

      Sweat shop at high wages

      Senior systems engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      High wages, free parking and breakfast

      Cons

      Expected to work long hours. Expected to work on PTO, Expected to work on Medical Leave. Expected to work 7 days a week 12 to 14 hours a day. If you don't you don't fit in.

      2.0
      Oct 23, 2021

      Handling COVID/Return to work poorly

      Administrative
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Compensation is good, nice offices, was good before COVID, I hope they get back

      Cons

      They have handled return to work very poorly. There have been outbreaks in the office but we are still expected to come in. Anti-vaxxers are allowed to work remotely. Some teams are working remotely and some have to come to work- it seems pretty arbitrary who has to come back. During quarantine we were told that there would be a new work model with more flexibility and to hang on- but what we got was 4 days in the office 1 day remote. Very little compared to the overpromising. Employees are expected to volunteer extra time to sit on 'groups' to handle issues like diversity instead of the company hiring people.

      3.0
      May 3, 2018

      Smart people, work hard, but low on EQ

      Senior finance associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Challenging projects, smart people, free snacks and gym, pretty offices, resume padding

      Cons

      Micromanagement, passive aggressive politics, short deadlines, underappreciation, unfriendly peers. People don't seem to like each other or their jobs

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