Lacking direction, slow to make decisions - IT Management Mars Employee Review

2.0
Sep 11, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Managed to sort out the toilets and bins eventually... what an achievement. Free chocolate. Inexperienced people promoted based on how well they network rather than ability to do the job.

Cons

Free chocolate. IS division lacked clear leadership and was extremely slow to make decisions. IS: an HR department that don't know their own policies and are poorly equipped to help their associates. More concerned with where the next 'high potential' associate is coming from than looking after those they have already got.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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