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
1.0
Apr 22, 2017

Recent changes hurt company

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Still nice people, but recent changes brought in because of Kraft Heinz have changed culture. Still great brands and people.

Cons

Limited advancement opportunity now, heavy heavy cost cutting, and frequent layoffs. Large amount of relocations forcing people to choose between family and job. Not the Unilever I once knew. If I was external I would be very hesitant about joining firm, giving recent turmoil and heavy layoffs.

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Unilever Response
9y
Hi. Thank you for taking the time to leave a review of your current role with us. We appreciate your feedback - both positive and constructive. We would advise in the first instance to speak with your HR Business Partner to discuss your concerns. They will be able to offer advice and look further into this for you. It is of course our goal to ensure that no matter where you are or what part of the organisation you work in, that you enjoy your Unilever experience. We wish you all the best and want to thank you again for your review.
1.0
Feb 20, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good Promotional Hike, Nothing else to add

Cons

Too much of Stretching, No worklife balance, No proper Increment, No value for work, Limited chances of Promotion

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Unilever Response
9y
Hi. Thank you for your review - we appreciate the feedback. We'll ensure we pass on your points around work life balance and progression to the respective teams. We hope your current role is proving successful and wish you all the best.
1.0
Jan 17, 2017

operator

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I'm hard pressed to find 20 words to say good things about Unilever. The people who share the same treatment as each other is about it. You can lean on each other to help you through the ungodly amount of hours, exhausting work, constant stress.

Cons

Quit forcing so much overtime. You are killing people, wearing them down physically, mentally, and causing a tremendous amount of stress. No one has a personal life due to the amount of hours we are forced to work. Making your employees work 12 hour shifts with very few days off because they are forced to work overtime on their days off is creating a monster. It's obvious you don't care about the mental health, families or personal lives of your employees. If you only heard what the employees are saying you might takes step back and reevaluate your policies. It's bad enough you cut the pay for new employees by $6 an hour just to get Knorr to come to Independence Missouri. So now you have people with seniority doing very little work making $27 an hour, with new employees working their tails off for $7-8 an hour less. Also, why is it you never comment on negative reviews?? That should be a sign right there to people thinking about applying that they don't run this company very efficiently. They can't delete the reviews or they would. I'm just telling it like it is in Independence Missouri's plant.

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Unilever Response
9y
Hi. Thank you for your review - we take on board all feedback and ensure it is passed on to the respective teams. In the first instance, we would suggest speaking directly with your HR Business Partner about your concerns. The wellbeing of our colleagues is paramount, so your comments will help us look into this further. Your points around renumeration and management will also be passed over to the team to investigate further. We wish you all the best.
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