Great human food products, sad pet food claims, VERY POLITICAL despite a progressive president. - werkgeversreview Territory Business Leader bij Mars

2,0
4 jan 2011
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Goedkeuring directeur
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Pluspunten

Progressive work environment, diviersified staff, good pay.

Minpunten

Many managers are promoted simply because they ask for it, the compnay is very top heavy. In my four years I found that Head Office was filled with those chasing titles on a business card. If you happen to win the favour of the President, you are untouchable and can get want you want. All others simply pander. With a President as progressive as the current (L.M.) one would assume that the compnay would look for new innovative leaders and solutions. But everything reverts back to the almighty dollar and creating a fantasty world for the Mars family to live in. (i.e. we spent 26K in one week "prepping" a market for a family member visit, to which they thought we were market leaders. After they left we had to explain why our sales are so low compared to the in-market presence). Mentor program is a joke. Mentors only worked with High performing individuals that can help their own image.

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5,0
27 mei 2026
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Pluspunten

Great environments and working near chocolates factory.

Minpunten

No cons from me !

3,0
2 jan 2026
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Pluspunten

- Company car (fuel card, insurance, etc) - Good benefits - Great brand exposure/understanding of CPG sales at the retail level - Annual sales meeting is fun, but exhausting - Simple job

Minpunten

- Micromanaged by leadership (EVERYTHING is tracked) - Extremely repetitive work (not much freedom in creating your schedule, same tasks over and over, etc.) - Dealing with retail management. If you don't have respectful store managers, good luck. A lot of your KPI's are out of your control and your experience relies on your store. - As DOZENS of other people have said, this is a merchandising job - not sales. You are responsible for placing product on the sales floor after consulting with the store (basically asking management who only views you as free manual labor). There is no commission/incentive for producing positive results. - SEASONS: this is the reason why you have this job if you're working with the Walmart channel. You have unrealistic expectations set from leadership to pack out hundreds of heavy cases of candy each holiday season after begging store management for space to place it. Most of the stores' back rooms are a complete mess and a lot of your product is inaccessible. Long days are expected with no additional pay. - Work/life balance: It is frowned upon to work the bare minimum of 40 hours/week. Your stores get backed up while you're on PTO. Overall: an okay role This isn't a bad job by any means, you just need to know what the role entails before taking this job. You need to relocate for any future opportunities within the company.

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