Unilever reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(11,374 total reviews)

Hein Schumacher

65% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Unilever has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 11,374 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Unilever employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufactura industry (3.5 stars).

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11K reviews
2.0
Jun 14, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Unilever is a giant organization that offers great opportunity to learn and grow and will make you highly marketable for your next move.. If your career is what is most important at this stage in your life than this might be the place for you.

Cons

Despite talking a good game about wellbeing and culture, the company is unrealistically demanding and there is an expectation that you will drop everything to work around the clock. There is even a bit of hero worship for those who take 3am calls for global meetings, work on vacations and holidays, etc. If you want to have a balanced life avoid at all costs

2.0
Apr 28, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Employee discounts are great - Fast paced environment - Great company name for your resume - One of the top, award winning supply chain's - Ability to work cross functionally with many different departments

Cons

- The managers and directors, all the way up to the president of North America, and the CEO in Europe are very distant from the work the analysts do. Some managers are micromanagers some are very distant, hands off and only get involved when there are problems - Analysts lack trust in leadership...seems like there is always an ulterior motive for various initiatives like closing an office and outsourcing jobs.

1.0
Feb 25, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

None. If you count the free soaps, deodorants, ice cream, Knorr side dishes packs, and shampoos as Salary, then this is the place for you.

Cons

Dysfunctional, Has Lofty Fake Goals, Low Pay, Low Salaries and Job Titles Not aligned with Competitors, This is a good place for young, newly out of college or grad school employees to learn about office politics and backstabbing. Unilever feeds its employees the sanctimonious, delusional beliefs that "We're a family." Most employees actually bought this BS and clarion it to each other. You can Not fire or layoff your relatives! We're Not a family. We're co-workers, and co-workers Will throw each other under the bus to protect their jobs, promotions and even jobs they might want in the future. Unilever has such high employee turnover, Low Salaries and joke 1% bonuses, most employees stay for only one year. Unilever's idea of "customer analytics" and data science is hiring employees from Nielsen and simply replicating in-house what they're already paying millions of shareholder dollars for Nielsen to do. Unilever has an annual contract with Nielsen's CPG Dept.. Unilever should save its shareholders' money and simply stand in front of the Nielsen offices in Connecticut and Illinois with large Billboard signs stating, "We're hiring Nielsen employees!" The Dutch-British Executive Management are clueless about the USA markets. They think that what sells in Europe will be successful in the USA. It's a destitute company. Do Not count on getting competent technology help or support. Unilever's "technology" is antiquated and you'll feel like you stepped into a time machine with "technology" from the years 2000 to 2005.

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