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
3.0
Jul 9, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Free ice cream and beautiful office to work in

Cons

Company is stuck in outdated ways of working with limited opportunity to have your voice heard unless you hold a director position or higher. Not the ideal place to work for a young "out of the box" thinker.

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Unilever Response
6y
Thank you for your review, we would encourage you to speak to your line manager about your experience.
1.0
Jun 24, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Interesting work - Managers and Directors and VPs listen and take your opinions on board

Cons

-Hard to know who to contact for HR issues. -Insultingly low pay compared to market for what you do. -having been in the business for several years always a challenge to know who the HR business partner is. - internal role changes involves several months of double hatting and eventually burning out. -HR department do no not communicate enough to make us aware of policy changes. - overheads cost cutting leading to over worked staff -in Global office shortage of seats mean you have to come in extremely early to get a seat with your team. HR is not concerned about such issues. -HR negotiating unreasonably low salaries on promotion to the point where people are leaving the business. -HR changes policies without informing anyone and expects employees to be updated with policies around maternity/ paternity/ global mobility and relocation. -slow process to get recruitment sorted out in the team to the point that the recruitment is having to be done offline. -better HR systems need for HR to carry out their job to keeping the organisational chart updated in the system costs are all over the place in wrong departments.

4.0
Jun 9, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits, flexibility. Purpose led company

Cons

Too much focus on Unilever Future Leaders Program. Little growth opportunity for mid-level experienced hire

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Unilever Response
7y
Thanks for sharing your review with us.
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