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

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
Dec 18, 2017

Controller

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The people outside of senior management are good to work with. Compensation is above average. Company is stable and growing.

Cons

No career path for individuals who are not hired by current CFO. Senior management not transparent with staff - do not trust them. Very political environment.

1.0
Dec 28, 2014

Senior Staff

Recommend
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Pros

Free lunch, good pay and bonus, good benefits, compliance and Human resources departments.

Cons

Micro management, high turn over, people are promoted for knowing the right people not performance. Unprofessional culture lots of behind the wall criticism, long hours, management doesn't promote careers and casts lots of blame on others, very sensitive and stressful environment. Accounting is by far the worst department in the entire company with the worst management followed by operations. If working for this company choose any but these two departments.

2.0
Jul 24, 2015

High expectation environment

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Relatively good communication between departments and within department. Offsite gathering to improve camaraderie, feedback. Provide daily free lunch and paid parking.

Cons

Very deadline-driven work environment with long hours and high expectations. Strict interpretation of policies and employee requirements, need to be very strong at juggling priorities and adjusting to shifting job requirements, responsibilities. Turnover seems fairly high. Push for profits/cost efficiencies equates to higher expectations and efficient use of outsourcing, vendor options.

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