Good start after highschool - Senior Technologist R&D Mars Employee Review

3.0
14 Jul 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Big brand name of the employer is still valued by recruiters, so it work for you when you will leave. People are quite friendly on average, but as in many big companies most of them lack inner drive to push things forward. Look for those who push forward their ideas and learn from them, they are more and more scarce type.

Cons

Lots of useless meetings with no clear agenda and unclear potential impact on goals. KPIs not connected to business goals and financial results. You will have to proactively seek feedback and your manager will most likely don't understand what you are looking for. Employee competency development is just a formality and happy talk with no clear evaluation mechanism of progress.

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Mars Response
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Thank you for taking the time to write a review to share your experience with us and provide such constructive feedback. Yours is clearly not the experience we aim to offer our Associates, and we're incredibly sorry to hear that during your time at Mars you did not receive the right level of support. We deeply care for our Associates' wellbeing and development, and are dedicated to always improving, so we would really appreciate the opportunity to discuss this further with you. Please reach out to your previous People and Organization team. We look forward to hearing from you.

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