Position not as described and rather miserable. - Anonymous employee Mars Employee Review

1.0
Dec 22, 2011
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Decent benefits Stable job The lower ranking production workers and office people are a great bunch to work with. Free chocolate

Cons

Annual bonus is based upon opinion of managers with no set guide lines for rating. Job descriptions and reality don't match. Promotion and evaluation are not based upon competence and ability but on politics. Company propaganda is misleading. The old boys network controls everything to protect themselves at all costs. The few do the work of the many. Training is virtually non-existent and very hard to get. Everything is geared towards office people with little regard towards production workers.

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Cons

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