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      Unilever

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      Unilever reviews

      4.0

      80% would recommend to a friend

      (11,371 total reviews)

      Hein Schumacher

      66% approve of CEO

      64% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.2

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.0

      Culture & values

      3.8

      Compensation and benefits

      3.7

      Work/Life balance

      3.6

      Career opportunities

      3.4

      Senior management

      Unilever has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 11,371 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
      1.0
      Nov 8, 2009

      Bitter political infighting and no prospects if you're a scientist

      Scientist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Nice offices, pleasant location in the countryside. There is some interesting research which goes on. Some opportunities for travel overseas (especially if you like Holland).

      Cons

      A lot of political infighting between senior managers. A lot of bullying. Scientists are treated with contempt (one senior manager told us we shouldn't expect a good salary because we're scientist and just enjoy what we're doing): you will not get any promotion for being a good scientist, only for saying "yes" to the right person, never questioning what you're told to do (even if it makes no sense for a research project) and playing the political game (i.e. getting your manager a promotion).

      3.0
      Oct 29, 2009

      Great School

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      A multinational company with good HR practices and appraisal systems, where a graduate can learn a lot in his/her field. Additionally, the multi-departmental experience is very useful, where in most of the cases, managers are very supportive towards their subordinates and a lot of on-the-job training is conducted.

      Cons

      The atmosphere especially with the Unilever 1 project is not the best and nobody feels security. In addition, in order to move forward someone needs to have good relationships with the key persons and performance is not always the main reason.

      1.0
      Oct 7, 2009

      At Unilever, people are not very important, only their brands matter

      human resources assistant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      *good name on the resume *good work-life balance *exposure to FMCG giant

      Cons

      *people are not respected for their talents, Unilever does very little to retain employees *a lot of vendor people get very low salary just wanting to put Unilever on their resume *management are anything but transparent *my department was in some kind of chaos, and so many politics around *mangement simply promotes people they like, ignoring other factors

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