Unilever Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Unilever full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – good work life balance
learning opportunities

Cons – slow career progression
MTs gain more chances for growth

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Unilever as an intern for more than a year

Pros – challenging work environment and given a lot of responsibilities, good work environment with friendly people

Cons – long hours and projects which may be scrapped and yield no result, lots of changeover among management

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Unilever full-time for more than a year

Pros – Good pay and benefits. It's a very good company for those who will do anything to grow and don't care about sticking to their values

Cons – You will not grow unless you are a big show off. Management has no visibility over their good people and the results of their projects.

Advice to Senior Management – Look at lower management teams and do a cleanup.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Unilever

Pros – It's good for your resume

Cons – -too political
-favoritism
-low salary
-no recognition for efforts
-first line managers are protected accross all departments
-don't provide equal opportunities to every employees
-You are just a number

Advice to Senior Management – -Top senior management: you have lost so many good employees over the past 5 years because you have empowered the wrong people. I would suggest that you spend at least a few minutes with each of your employees to understand the true challenges they are going through and collect real honest feedback from them. Employees are afraid to speak up and they end up leaving because of internal corruptions at Unilever. You have invested so much time and money in training and developing people but they all end up leaving because they are treated better outside the company.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Unilever

Pros – Strong portfolio of market leading brands

Cons – Little acknowledgement given to previous employment experience
Pay below industry average - "take it or leave it attitude"
Middle management known to throw employees under the bus
Short-term focused, unstrategic view to business
Poor morale

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Unilever

Pros – Tremendous resources, best practices available within the group but not utilized.

Cons – Incompetent, bungling management. Employees are encouraged to voice their opinions, then targeted when they do not like what they hear.

Advice to Senior Management – Be consistent in your direction to employees, do not be swayed by hearsay, gossip and vested interests under you.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Unilever

Pros – Fridays are paid half days, great culture, friendly and helpful environment. People work hard, and even as a co-op you are given meaningful work

Cons – Performance reviews are not fairly administered, little transparency as to why and how you were reviewed a certain way

Advice to Senior Management – Keep up the good work!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Unilever

Pros – pretty good salary and bonuses compared to other organizations, great cultiure and work life balance, great technology and internal communications

Cons – political, senior management tends to get posted overseas within a year, high management turnover, lots of outsourcing especially in IT, finance and HR

Advice to Senior Management – hmmmm...this is hard to comment. in a global organization there are so many potential areas for miscommunication. honestly i'd say that the global leadership should travel more and get out of the UK to see how the countries are really run and performing

Current Employee – been working at Unilever

Pros – global, good work culture, defining ways of working and procedures improving

Cons – lack of career advancement opportunities

Advice to Senior Management – not applicable

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Unilever

Pros – Great company to work for

Cons – chaotic at times, constant changes ie restructuring

Advice to Senior Management – none

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend