Family owned, great corporate culture - Anonymous employee Mars Employee Review

5.0
Jan 8, 2019
Anonymous employee
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Pros

This company is still family owned and it shows. The culture is entirely different to most large shareholder run businesses that I’ve work for in the past. Management show a genuine interest as you as a person, and there’s a strong focus on career development. Excellent benefits (heath care, on-site gym, good pension scheme etc). You’re allowed the freedom to make your job your own without being micromanaged.

Cons

Being a large company, things take time to get done. We can sometimes suffer from analysis paralysis and legacy systems are in the process of being upgraded - but there’s a real appetite to change and become truly agile which is exciting

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Cons

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Cons

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