Unilever reviews

If one Sr. Manager or Director doesn't like you/your personality, you're out of there! I've witnessed several employees being told they're not "outgoing enough" or "too confident" for Unilever. Further, Unilever does what they call a 360 Feedback where your Manager asks your peers/business partners to rate you. So, if you've had an difference of opinion with one of your business partners, they may negatively assess your abilities in this Feedback. This will surely make its way into your review; basically, it's the art of making people like you. In most companies, if you're underperforming, your manager would give you at least a few warnings and perhaps help you establish a roadmap for improvement. Not here, my friend. At Unilever, they will blindsight you with a rating that signals "underperformance" at the end of the year and there's absolutely nothing you can do about it.

If you're over 30 - forget it (and they probably wouldn't even look at your resume anyway). They re-org every 2-3 years and unless you want to live in New Jersey, you'll never be promoted. So many of the experienced people have been pushed out and replaced with kids fresh out of college who get promoted every year, so it's a revolving door of "trainees" that the rest of us are stuck trying to train. It is also a very cutthroat, competitive environment. If you're more of a team player and not an aggressive Type A, you'll get nowhere. The behavior of some managers is deplorable; I have witnessed and experienced it firsthand. And those are the kinds of people who get promoted.