Unilever reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(11,375 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 11,375 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
2.0
Aug 28, 2012

Reconsider working in IT

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Pros

Good company to work for... in the right functional area. If you work in Supply Chain, Marketing, Research and other areas that are focussed on the core business, Unilever is a great place to work. If you are interested in IT, do not work for Unilever. There are way to many layers between IT and the core business, and no recognition that IT can be valuable.

Cons

Massive outsourcing in IT over the past few years, many senior leaders in IT have left the company. Currently moving Desktop and Client to India... just when many other companies are considering bring it back.. Poor leadership and poor decision making make Unilever IT a very poor place to work. Expect to be asked to be on 6am conference calls so you can talk to Asia and Europe and 10pm calls to be on again with Asia and India.. Long hours.

1.0
Nov 13, 2025

A company plagued by HR

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Pros

Wonderful products, impressive history, good global exposure, ok place to start a career.

Cons

In the years I was at Unilever in the US I watched it devolve from a competitive innovative force in the market into a depressing dead end for those who weren't in the good graces of human resources. Unless you check the boxes that HR is looking for these days, I wouldn't even go near Unilever. They actively encouraged discriminatory hiring practices, and will not even give you the option to interview internship candidates who do not fit their militantly enforced DEI categories. So much talent attrition, resignations, and layoffs in the last few years, but for some reason the company brushes that under the rug and likes to act like they can continue to stay afloat by solely bringing in personality hires. If consumer product goods is your goal and you want to be in an environment where merit is rewarded and you can actually build the skills needed for todays cut throat market, apply for P&G, Colgate Palmolive, Ferrero, L'Oreal, or anything else in the area. Only skill set you'll leave Unilever with is how to cope with a below market average salary and recognition that you might just be in the next round of layoffs.

1.0
Dec 3, 2024

Not good

Recommend
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Pros

Nothing at all long 12 hour shifts or nothing

Cons

Upper management will fire you without knowing you. They just don’t care about you. They make you have accidents on purpose and then fire you

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