Bad corporate environment, no humanity - Anonymous employee Mars Employee Review

1.0
Jul 13, 2024
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good health benefits and can bring pets to the office

Cons

The company treats better pets than their employees. The leadership team was micromanaging me. I had two managers and each one of them had different requirements/communication style. Even though I tried to meet their expectations, they would lie about me not doing my job. They made me read a book about dealing with life failure and report to one of the managers about my thoughts which obviously had to be in line with the book. I had to find 'role models' within my team and take example from them which was basically bunch of same old corporate bs. I had a deadlines to do all that, otherwise I'd be fired... At the same time I had a difficult personal situation I was going through and one of the managers forced on me to tell them the details. It was the most humiliating experience I've ever had in my professional career. I will never recommend this company to anyone as this was so traumatising.

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Thank you for taking the time to write a review and provide feedback. Yours is not the experience we aim to offer our Associates, and we're sorry to hear that during your time at Mars, you did not receive the right level of support. We care for our Associates' well-being and development and are dedicated to always improving. Please reach out to the Mars Ombudsmen team at Ombudsman@effem.com They are an independent, confidential, informal, and neutral resource available to all Associates and Alumni. We look forward to hearing from you.

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