Resume Building Opportunity - Anonymous employee Ares Management Employee Review

2.0
Nov 16, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Ares is a resume building opportunity. Having Ares on your resume looks great, but you will pay the price for it. When you say you work at Ares, people will react "What a great firm."

Cons

Ares is the most untrustworthy organization that I have ever worked for. Don't even think about going to HR with an issue because you will simply just put a target on your back. Their job expectations are ridiculous, they just keep adding and adding and people are literally imploding. They have a very high turnover because many smart people take off the rose colored glasses within their first year, and find better opportunities and move on. People rarely smile and hardly talk unless they are in a meeting. Generous PTO package however you are required to keep in touch while on said PTO. People get sick and since you feel like you can't even take a sick day, the sick people are at the office and spreading germs, and then everyone is sick.

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5.0
May 11, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Very collaborative culture with a strong connected leadership team; a high-growth organization that provides great opportunities for performing team members - many examples of strong mobility (employees growing through promotion as well as employees moving locations and teams). I have been with the firm for more than 5 years and it has been a completely positive experience - I've grown significantly in responsibility and compensation.

Cons

Nothing that comes to mind.

2.0
Jun 8, 2026
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.

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