Mars reviews

4.3

87% would recommend to a friend

(4,405 total reviews)
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Poul Weihrauch

91% approve of CEO

77% positive business outlook

Mars has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 4,405 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 Industrie manufacturière industry (3.5 stars).

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3.0
Dec 30, 2014
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Pros

The HR department really cares about people and is constantly improving the workplace. The performance review process is thorough each year, with a focus on development. The salary is competitive but nothing unusual. You get to work with people from many countries if you're in IT.

Cons

It's decades behind in IT technology and only recently started to catch up. Each unit still behaves as a silo and even within teams, there is a dissonance between team members (global vs. local focus). You only get information if you' ve a relationship with someone, know somebody, etc. It' s a very social company and the perfect place for extroverts. Introverts will have difficulty with the open office space and the inconsistent information sharing. There is no global strategy besides very high-level points. In day-to-day activities, your local office is the one deciding things (and giving your performance review). The help-desk organization is really dysfunctional and serves a very small purpose, there is a lot of duplication of effort throughout the organization and teams that only do " supervision" work to close gaps that wouldn' t exist if the other teams had ownership and worked together. Too much management, very few skilled IT workers. Not a very good place to grow your IT career (unless you want to move from technical to management/supervision/liaison roles).

4.0
Dec 29, 2014

This is a company that is deep rooted in their principles

Anonymous employee
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Pros

I would have to say the overall company culture and for the most part the people that you work with

Cons

Like any large organization, the ability to maintain these principles as they continue to grow and also making sure that learning and development continue to play a big part in the overall organization

1.0
Dec 29, 2014

Five principles don't exist

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Free chocolate, very individualistic work style so you can shine if you talk loud and present well, no accountability for results, no depth so you will never be caught out :)

Cons

Culture is horrible - they tout those five principles all the time but no one believes in them. Manage your boss and his boss and you will grow No career development and no process, you are expected to make your own way Shifting standards for performance every year based on who you talk to No accountability for bad behavior for senior people

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