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      Mars

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      Mars reviews

      4.3

      86% would recommend to a friend

      (4,409 total reviews)
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      Poul Weihrauch

      91% approve of CEO

      77% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Mars has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 4,409 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Mars employee rating is 24% above average for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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      4K reviews
      2.0
      Sep 19, 2012

      Losing Its Family Focus; Far Behind the Times with Pay and Compensation

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Open environment and open-door policy. Flexible working schedules and good work-life balance. Relaxed atmosphere.

      Cons

      Behind the times in pay and compensation. No where near the competition. Losing the family focus and moving more towards cold corporate atmosphere. Lack of security with constant reorganizations and lay-offs. Hires externally when there are skilled and qualified internal candidates that long overdue for promotion.

      3.0
      Apr 3, 2011

      M&M's and Snickers will keep Mars running forever

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      -Decent pay/benefits/vacation, although pay needs restructuring to keep up with competitors -Excellent place to start career -Great people (happy hours, etc) -Can learn a lot in short period of time if motivated -Exceptional brands -Fast pace keeps you on your toes and ready for anything

      Cons

      -Quite political -Almost always sacrifice wiser long-term decisions for quick fixes -Upper management often promotes ideas they don't follow through on, more specifically...has goals but doesn't have clear vision of how to get there -Uncertain future, company losing it's luster -Marketing doesn't know or show much interest in how rest of the cross-functional business units work -Focus on cost-cutting everything often holds us back from potentially brilliant decisions

      4.0
      Oct 28, 2010

      Extremely fulfilling job for high performing workaholics

      Commercial manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Flexible ways of working, freedom to make decisions and act within your role, empowerment, to spend and make financial decisions, great brands, unlimited opportunities to learn and grow, very flat org resulting in minimal interraction with manager

      Cons

      forced ranking associated with performance reviews, must be a political master to survive, must have a 'sponsor' to advance, extremely limited opportunities for advancement, continuous turmoil caused by reorganizations/restructuring, slow to execute against new ideas/product development

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