M&M Mars is a v e r y conservative business, and the laborers that work there buy into conservative ideology in high percentages.
Beginning in the early 2000's, M&M Mars laid-off many employees, cut benefits for new workers, and all the while management and execs gave themselves large bonuses and pay raises to go along with the tax cuts they got. (And people wonder why the divide between the rich and poor got so wide...) Now I hear from an ex-worker there, that Mars is getting rid of 80% of the workforce and training new workers that were temp workers out of a company they employ called Staff Management. So they're still playing the same games with lowering labor pay. The rich get richer, and the middle-class and poor get poorer. For the angry conservative laborers that defended the rich and will be laid-off soon... you wanted it, you got it. --- I've known people who work for M&M Mars and they tell me what goes on there. Of course working for a company that is owned by the richest person in the state of NJ, Jacqueline Mars would be a added bonus. Albeit she has very little over-sight of the company anymore from what I understand. I, like many others always enjoyed eating M&M's, and I was excited and proud to live in a town that has a company known world-wide for quality, and I was willing and able to go to work for them in 2007. But I was turned down without explanation, reason or even a courtesy call, despite being fully qualified and eager for the job. The managers there typically earn 6 figure salaries. And some of the execs earn 7 figure salaries. All while cutting back wages and benefits for starting laborers in around 2004-5, so that management and execs could give themselves a pay raise, and bonuses to go along with their tax cuts. Some of the people there do absolutely nothing all day other than to make sure other laborers get the work done so management looks good. Other laborers work a few hours then goof-off the rest of the day. It all depends on who you're friends with I guess. Now I hear they're thinking about moving to Mexico, as though they're mad at Obama for becoming President. Not enough conservative Mexicans to fill the jobs there? Good riddance! Go to Mexico then, and don't come back! Am I bitter at my Mars experience? Maybe a little, but you can decide for yourself what kind of company Mars has become. Most of the people there from what I hear are extremely conservative, paranoid, unsympathetic, overpaid, angry, paranoid and ignorant. But again, you can decide, and your experiences may honestly differ from mine. I'm quite sure there's good, honest, selfless, happy, confident conservatives that work there also. To contrast my Mars interview experience; I was also turned down by HMUA for a job. But am not bitter at all with them because the Director there understood me, explained to me his position, and was sympathetic to my and others problems finding meaningful employment. Not so at Mars. It's ok though, I'd rather not work for that company now. I don't need their particular dictatorial style of BS employment or their employees conservative BS onslaughts. (See the next post "Bosses are becoming meaner") I know what kind of worker I am far better than they'll ever want to understand, and made my former employer many hundreds of millions of dollars. Plus I liked working for them! All I know is that I will never ever again buy anything Mars produces, and have a new found understanding of the sweetness of the candy business...they turn some sweet people, bitter. -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
