Mars Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Awesome management."

What do you like about working at Mars?

"The food was amazing."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Ask the person at the front desk for candy. They always hand out bags of candy!"

"Great opportunity to start with a big company"

What do you like about working at Mars?

"Great benefits, good management, and a great product."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Understand what they are looking for, and be patient it takes about three to four months for the final interview. This territory is very demanding and a lot of travel is involved."

What don't you like about working at Mars?

"Being by myself. I am the only one of my company in this area. I miss the team environment the camaraderie."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I can not think of anything that would help the functions of their position."

"I was in Marketing and I did not feel my manager was really interested in helping me to leave the department for a better opportunity. The supervisor confessed to me that they would not have time to train someone else. But these are personal views form them, does not necessarily reflects company's culture. I made very good friends there."

"Mars is like no other place on Earth!"

What do you like about working at Mars?

"I had close interaction with end-users and upper management as I designed a system that was custom-suited to exactly their needs."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"If you get an interview, you had better Wow them!"

What don't you like about working at Mars?

"Too much candy everywhere was very tempting!"

"Too little, too late."

What do you like about working at Mars?

"The people."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Make sure its really what you want to do and ask questions. They don't tell you everything up front, they figure don't ask don't tell."

What don't you like about working at Mars?

"The way management blames the associates for issues that they can and should control better."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Speak with the individuals that work there, not at them. Find out what the real problems are, don't create them."

"Good place."

"Great opportunities if you are willing to not have anytime for your personal life and family"

What do you like about working at Mars?

"Wonderful career opportutnies, I traveled alot in my job which I enjoyed (and was able to do), however, if you need a very balance life, this would not be the organization for that."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"It is a very difficult organization to get hired into, the process can be very long and taxing."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Try to bring more life/work balance into the organization"

"Different Management now"

What do you like about working at Mars?

"I got to work on nic-nic which was cool."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be competent."

What don't you like about working at Mars?

"driving all over the tri-state area for jobs."

"A Bittersweet Employment Experience"

What do you like about working at Mars?

"Many challenges due to the size of the organization, never a dearth of duties"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Apply elsewhere. Unless you are someone who does not believe that being 'empowered to make your own decisions iin an employment setting is a positive. This is very much a 'top down' organization, and the 'top' are not top of the line vis a vis management skills."

What don't you like about working at Mars?

"A very low degree of professionalism in the senior management, focused solely on making numbers' each quarter and ignoring the longer term implications of decisions made. A great deal of micromanagement--and a fostering of 'competition' among staff, rather than team work."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"a) Look beyond the immediate and consider the mid-to-long term implications of decisionsb) If you are to hire professionals for specific duties based on their skill sets, it would be advisable to utilize their expertise in deciding policies for the companyc) A high turnover of staff, such as this company has, is indicative of some serious errors in leadership decisions"

"Great Company, Great People, Great Products, Just Great!"

What do you like about working at Mars?

"Security, great benefits, exposure to different parts and functions of the business not many people have the opportunity to have."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Understand the passion for the brands. The history, how they got to where they are and study the past, in order to not make the same mistake again."

What don't you like about working at Mars?

"Lack of opportunities as I moved up in the organization."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"People are an asset just like your equipment in the factories. Need to pay attention, develop, educate, and keep people interested in their careers because that is the future of the business."

"excellent"

What do you like about working at Mars?

"Great Company to work for. Family oriented. Excellent benefits"

What don't you like about working at Mars?

"nothing"

"Company was underfunded and didn't survive"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Company no longer exists"

What don't you like about working at Mars?

"Incompetent upper management"

"Good pay for long hours, limited growth, poor life work balance."

"great place to work"