Mars reviews

4.3

86% would recommend to a friend

(4,395 total reviews)
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Poul Weihrauch

92% approve of CEO

76% positive business outlook

Mars has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 4,395 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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2.0
Jul 22, 2019

Horrible Management

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good pay/benefits and the work/life balance isn’t horrible

Cons

Management is horrible. They want to get payed with doing the least amount of work possible. Favoritism is huge in this company, you get promoted based on who you know and how much of a suck up you are versus your actual performance and work ethic. I brought up legitimate concerns of favoritism, negligence and other things which a good employee should. Then they started looking for little things to try to fire me over and overlook their buddies who were doing the same thing. I brought up many no cost way to improve efficiency there while making the job easier at the same time and they just dismissed it, but when their buddies brought up the same idea they got rewarded for it. I showed initiative many times to learn new things to where I could do more for the company just to once again get dismissed for their buddies. All in all if your looking for a long time job this is not it. Horrible management, they all need to work out on the floor so they can see who earns them all that money.

5.0
Apr 26, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

*Opportunities to work cross functionally to collaborate *Great Career Development Program *Recognition where deserved *SLT Mgmt team is easily accessible and open to feedback *Opportunities to grow and stretch yourself in new projects and tasks

Cons

*Some favoritism seen on team *Manager did not have enough bandwidth to develop me, so I searched elsewhere *Manager needs improvement on professionalism, at times *If you're a new manager please work to develop your team (both in competencies, trust and engagement)

2.0
Jan 12, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

We just went through a $77 million dollar 50,000 square-foot expansion so there is a lot of new job opportunities. The starting pay for an operator is good and the benefits are great.

Cons

A lot of red tape and ongoing politics like you'll find at any corporation. The food plant is actively prioritizing the hiring of women despite other applicants being more qualified for a certain position. I believe they should have equal opportunity and should be paid equally (which they are), but there are often cases of women having less expectations as there male counterparts in certain roles. Likability is becoming a bigger factor than performance in determining an associate’s performance rating. Management often pays more attention to this factor than the associates’ contribution to the role and team. Performance rating expectations don’t seem to align with the requirements of the role. After the expansion, the company lowered their previously more strict requirements to fill job roles. We've had a lot of quality and job performance issues as a result. There's a huge disconnect between office staff and plant workers. I strongly feel office management have zero clue how things are ran and maintained on the plant floor. They have unrealistic expectations and there is a huge lack of communication between departments. As a plant worker, you're only entitled to a 30 minute lunch for a 12 hour shift when the office staff can take personal fitness breaks and take an hour off for lunch when they only work 8 hours. Shift work takes a toll on your personal life and health. If you can't find an office job, you owe it to yourself to consider looking elsewhere.

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