Ares Management reviews

3.4

56% would recommend to a friend

(441 total reviews)
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Michael Arougheti

87% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

Ares Management has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 441 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Ares Management employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.6 stars).

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441 reviews
2.0
Jun 8, 2026

You deserve better

Recommend
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Pros

Prestige, Good Benefits, snacks in the fridge Some teams are very good. Ideal for someone in their 40s or 50s who is looking for stability.

Cons

All teams are different at a company of this size, but working in the middle office technology team was the worst experience of my career. Day to day work was either completely free of directive or projects would be completely blocked by bureaucracy. When a project I was working on went well, there was no celebration and when it was late or had issues there was no reflection. The culture is going into work to a cubicle to sit in zoom meeting straight from nine to five or eating lunch alone each day in a ghost town office. Other teams will speak poorly of each other and gossip. My boss's boss was a bully and would threaten people constantly. Everyone I worked with was "living the dream", overworked and bored to death but making a ton of money. Every team outing they had in three years was just a golf simulator. It just doesn't have to be like this. We've moved on from this cubicle farm company since the 90s, work should be encouraging and fun. Unless you're looking for stability above all else, you can find a better place to work.

2.0
Jan 21, 2026

Was good - then changed under new management

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Nice people, expectations were very clear when I started but ....(see cons)

Cons

Management changed and then everything went out of the window. Mission was no longer clear Abandoned to my own devices and not given any feedback as to whether I was doing what was required (or not). Direct manager changed several times and I was never made aware of who that person was. I would not recommend working here. Lots of non-work related "training" (not sure if the subjects would evolve but when I was there is was all of the latest "buzzword" topics rather than training about the job or industry)

4.0
Jan 15, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Strong work culture and good leadership

Cons

Aiming to return to office 5 days a week

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