Great company if you're into supporting child labor, a mostly White Male-led business, and marketing candy to children. - Human Resources Manager Mars Employee Review

2.0
Jan 27, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

* 100+ year old company that continues to be highly profitable * The opportunity to directly or indirectly work with highly recognizable brands * Strong culture that has a good probability of convincing you that you are part of something "really important"

Cons

* This is a company that has been profiting off child labor for decades (ie. just Google child labor in the cocoa supply chain), yet has been incapable to significantly reduce this phenomenon (not eliminate, but significantly reduce), and shows no signs of decreasing their involvement in this very lucrative business. The owners are billionaires that seem to think they are not yet rich enough and have no issue with continuously making commitments to eliminate this problem, while consistently failing to meet said commitments. But the M&M characters are now more inclusive, so we have that. * Another very simple Google search shows the ridiculously low representation of Black, Hispanic and other minority groups in Sr. Management. This is not a fluke. The company first set global I&D goals - I kid you not - just 2-3 years ago. *While the company prides itself in pioneering a Marketing Code through which they commit to "not promote treats" to children, there are some pretty impressive mental gymnastics at play through which Associates are meant to believe that M&M characters are in reality aimed unequivocally and exclusively to adults, and not in way highly popular and attractive with children. That is literally the company stance.

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Mars Response
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Thank you for taking the time to write a review to share your experience with us and provide such constructive feedback. Yours is clearly not the experience we aim to offer our Associates, and we're incredibly sorry to hear that during your time at Mars you did not receive the right level of support. We deeply care for our Associates' wellbeing and development, and are dedicated to always improving, so we would really appreciate the opportunity to discuss this further with you. 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. We look forward to hearing from you.

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