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      Unilever

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      Unilever reviews

      4.0

      80% would recommend to a friend

      (11,375 total reviews)

      Hein Schumacher

      65% approve of CEO

      64% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.2

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.9

      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 11,375 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
      3.0
      Oct 13, 2015

      Fantastic people, great flexible working but bad work-life balance, very little supper from senior manager and HR

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The people who work at Unilever are great. They are motivated, work hard and work well within teams. There's a really good collaborative atmosphere. Agile working is great. There is a great trust between management and employees. No one is looking at the hours you are in the office, what time you come in, what time you leave.

      Cons

      The other side of the medal of agile working is that you basically work all the time. No one pays attention to the time you get in or leave because more often than not, you work late and work many, many, many more hours than your contracted amount. Senior management and HR are all about "head-in-the-sand" philosophy about any employee's difficulty. If you have any problem at all (even if it's workload, line manager, colleagues), you can't look at HR or senior managers for help. You're basically screwed. There's been a lot of suicides due to work pressures the last couple of years. Unilever's way of dealing with it is to do these run-of-the-mill, standard Health & Wellbeing workshops which are completely useless. Salaries are low. Basically, if everything is fine, Unilever is an amazing company. If you have issues, look for a job elsewhere.

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      Unilever Response
      9y
      Hi. Thank you for taking the time to give us your feedback around your previous role. We're really pleased to see you mention our people and agile working as positives of your role here. We'll ensure your comments around working hours, wellbeing and communication are passed on to the team - we take all comments around health very seriously. We hope your current role is proving successful and wish you all the best.
      1.0
      Sep 14, 2015

      Customer Development

      Customer business manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      People are great- some of the best i've ever had the pleasure of working with.

      Cons

      Absolutely decimated the employee compensation and benefits over the past 2yrs. Cut bonuses by 33%, annual raise will now be a flat 0%-1% regardless of performance, medical coverage is terrible and will cost you a fortune. Notorious for screwing the employee- not only do they charge you $200/month for your company car, but in 2015 a handful of employees did not have this fee deducted due to an HR error...they are going after the employee to pay back the fee rather than overlooking it since it was a Unilever issue. In May 2014 a huge reorg resulted in mass layoffs and a large number of demotions so the comany could cut costs...the 2 weeks later they announced a massive renovation to headquarters com,plete with electric car ports, a botanical garden, and many other bells and whistles......compliments of the employees who were let go....real classy Unilever.

      2.0
      Jul 19, 2015

      Always Prioritizes MTs

      Financial analyst
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good exposure to different fields, can opt to transfer from one function to another, good compensation

      Cons

      ALWAYS values MTs more than other employees. Lesser experience of the graduate trainees makes it hard to deal, make them difficult bosses because they "lack experience". Always focuses on KPI. Slowly losing "human touch", too focused on KPIs and business need rather than employee development

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