Ares Management reviews

not as much mobility here

The managers at my position were not clear about expectations and performance. They did not treat employees with respect and engaged in behaviors that I would go so far as to call verbally abusive. They used intimidation and bullying to punish employees that they believed did not "fit in," and used very passive aggressive tactics to deal with people instead of being clear and direct in what their criticisms were. Several of my colleagues reported to me that they were asked to voluntarily quit. I frequently heard managers have public conversations that disparaged people on our team. As an employee for several years that was professional, respectful, friendly and productive, I kept being hopeful that I would be able to advance my career here. However when an opportunity opened up that I expressed interest in, my manager invented false claims about my work performance which (s/he) used as an excuse to turn me down and instead hired someone from outside the company. I found this very disrespectful and unfair and it ultimately led to my departure.