A challenging and demanding employer - Anonymous employee Mars Employee Review

2.0
Sep 11, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Excellent employee health and 401k benefits. Committed to continuing education. Challenging environment.

Cons

Management sets unreasonable work expectations. In order to meet expectations, working off the clock necessary in order to keep up with work load and safeguard employment status. Poor work life balance. Management is highly critical and will document insignificant miscues and use to undermine the associates during the review process. Poor mobility. Only associates within a desirable age range are promotable. Was once a diverse workplace. Now trending to younger associate pool. Salary levels are not comparable to large multinational competitors.

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