Highly political and egos can get in way of driving business - Brand Manager Unilever Employee Review

3.0
Jan 13, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Excellent benefit & pension plan Lots of training and development opportunities Work life balance for some people Work from home flexibility Opportunity to advance for some International and global opportunities available

Cons

Too many organizational layers to get alignment, everyone feels they need to be involved, lack agility to make fast decision Lack of autonomy to make decisions which impacts speed to market. Senior leadership is concerned with only driving profit, constantly cutting marketing budgets and then releasing funding when it is too late to make an impact Highly political There are favourites and these people are shown Preferential treatment. Lack of leadership, very junior people promoted, everyone is looking to drive their personal performance for end of year review that decision aren’t always made with the best interest of the consumer or organization. People also get promoted because they can manage up well but their work and contribution is limited. name of the game; Who you not what you know

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5.0
Jan 22, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Love the people, great mentors, wonderful team members. Very welcoming office and great relationships. I love coming to work!

Cons

Under resourced and underpaid for the skills I bring to the table, which contributes to retention issues

3.0
Jul 1, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

It is a large company with a record of 3 years without a recordable injury. Occasionally feeds the employees

Cons

The biggest issue with this plant and it invades every aspect of the company is a complete lack of ability to properly communicate information. The applies internal to departments, across departments and up and down. They have the technology to do it, just not the organization. Company could probably use much more Engineering organization.

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