Worst Experience - Anonymous employee Ares Management Employee Review

1.0
Apr 16, 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Employee Insurance Benefits Free Snacks

Cons

I would suggest people to not to join this organization as its not good for anyone career. There is no Work life balance, no fixed working hours, always need to stretch, also the work quality is really poor, there is no such good projects going only support kind of work is happening using all 3rd party tools. -Office location is worst, heavily crowded, dirty and most expensive. So always think thrice before joining as commute time is really high. -This is not a good brand and still 3 months of notice however while hiring they prefer to hire people of max 1 month notice - They have started office with 3 days working in a week and they will force to call you office every week as senior management also wants the same - Work is really pathetic. No good projects. No learning. - Compensation is also not so good as per current market standards and yearly appraisal is also bad. - They do give variable once a year wih the name of bonus. They don't even know the definition of bonus. overall this organization is only a trap....people will be good to you till your probation and then real problem will get started...so don't get stuck into it....if you will then it will be difficult for you to come out because of 3 months notice

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2.0
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Prestige, Good Benefits, snacks in the fridge Some teams are very good. Ideal for someone in their 40s or 50s who is looking for stability.

Cons

All teams are different at a company of this size, but working in the middle office technology team was the worst experience of my career. Day to day work was either completely free of directive or projects would be completely blocked by bureaucracy. When a project I was working on went well, there was no celebration and when it was late or had issues there was no reflection. The culture is going into work to a cubicle to sit in zoom meeting straight from nine to five or eating lunch alone each day in a ghost town office. Other teams will speak poorly of each other and gossip. My boss's boss was a bully and would threaten people constantly. Everyone I worked with was "living the dream", overworked and bored to death but making a ton of money. Every team outing they had in three years was just a golf simulator. It just doesn't have to be like this. We've moved on from this cubicle farm company since the 90s, work should be encouraging and fun. Unless you're looking for stability above all else, you can find a better place to work.

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