Unilever reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(11,391 total reviews)

Hein Schumacher

65% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

Unilever has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 11,391 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
4.0
Nov 21, 2016

Great experience but hard to get ahead

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

large company with good learning experience and benefits

Cons

Very bureaucratic and lack of decision making. All senior mgmt is imported from other countries (Mostly Europe) and they don't care about US employees. Benefits are regularly being reduced

1.0
Oct 3, 2016

The worst company to work for

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

co workers are the best part of this company. You develop a special bond with people who are enduring the same type of abuse from this employer. expect to never see your family, there is no work life balance.

Cons

Overtime is posted at the last min. you have no way to have a life outside this job. expect to work 72 hours + a week. management wont work overtime but the will force you to every week a minimum of 60 hours. Independence location is planning on going on strike. That's how bad it is.

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Unilever Response
9y
Hi. Thank you for your review - we appreciate the feedback. We'll ensure your comments are passed over to the team, but in the meantime we would suggest speaking directly to your HR Business Partner to discuss your points in more depth.
2.0
Sep 29, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Good staff facilities available: canteen, gym, cheap products (sometimes free) - friendly people. - Big and pleasant office. - good for working Mothers who require a balance in life. - good opportunities given to people on graduate schemes, but they don't use it, as once graduate scheme finished - the graduates leave.

Cons

- Very slow rate development, especially if you are not on UFLP programme. - As a new starter working my way from bottom, have to wait for 1 year to get accounting qualification study support - unfair when compared to UFLPs who get study support as soon as they start) .Equal development opportunities are not available even if an employee is at same calibre as UFLP but just couldn't apply to the UFLP because they missed the application deadline. - Lack of push for soft skill development by line manager (I still don't have individual development plan made as manager do not want employee to progress to new role as this may shake the process work in his team slightly. However the leaders keep telling us to fill our IDPs but have not provided enough guidance through managers how to fill it. This is issue if you're a young fresh graduate and unsure of how you can develop in this company - new starters need hand holding initially with their IDPs. Manager too busy with other work so not enough time for IDP discussions. - Not enough guidance/ direction from new managers. - Slow implementation of changes to the point I have no work to do because there is uncertainty about what needs to be done by managers. - Monotonous work. - Even after the discussion with the manager on all the issues mentioned above no action has been taken. my IDP is still not done due to lack of direction, I am free after lunchtime and have nothing to do. - I get told I am good at work but still don't get new challenging work to do which could probably help me to grow. - lack of female leaders - Low salary - No social events in my team due to manager not being keen on socializing, but this is not a norm in other teams as they have a lot of social events. - Even after outstanding work which impacted a big change in business, just verbal appreciation is given no monetary rewards given unlike other big companies.

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Unilever Response
9y
Hi. Thank you very much for providing feedback on your current role. It's good to see that you have mentioned a number of positive aspects to your role including staff facilities, friendly colleagues and our graduate schemes. We take all feedback very seriously - on this occasion we would suggest a first step of speaking directly with your HR Business Partner to discuss the points outlined above. We'll ensure your comments surrounding management, training and opportunities are all passed on to the respective teams. Thank you again and we wish you all the best.
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