It WAS a great company to work for when the owners ran it. - Business Systems Manager Mars Employee Review

3.0
Dec 20, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

There are five principles that define a way of doing business that recognizes the individual and a responsible way of conducting business.

Cons

The company is not being run by the family anymore; the new CEO is just like all the others. They have employed Jack Welch's drop the bottom 10% every year (stupid). They have reorganized almost every other year in some misguided thought process that you can replace leadership with HR policies. Mike Murphy was the last decent CEO and he left 10 years ago.

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5.0
Jun 15, 2026
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Pros

Great place, great people, fun projects

Cons

Nothing huge comes to mind, overall stellar place.

4.0
Jun 17, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great people who believe in a common mission. Strong leadership and support.

Cons

Budgets and decision making for technical programs are centralized at a high level with little to no consideration for how it affects individual programs and their unique needs. Heavy bureaucracy involved in setting up simple things.

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