Is Unilever a good company to work for?

Unilever has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 20,557 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months. 80% of employees would recommend working at Unilever to a friend and 64% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Unilever have been left by employees working as Intern , Internship and Analista .

Does Unilever pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Unilever employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Unilever. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Unilever?

80% of Unilever employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Unilever 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Unilever?

Intern (452) , Assistant Manager (300) , Brand Manager (282) , Internship (268) , Manager (245) , Assistant Brand Manager (219) , Promotor De Merchandising (190) , Estagiário (174) , Marketing (162) , Marketing Intern (151) , Project Manager (140) , Coordenador (136) , Finance Manager (131) , Analista (127) , Management Trainee (101)

What are the pros of working at Unilever according to real employee reviews?

"great culture and most of the colleagues are very knowledgable" ((in 948 reviews)); "The people you work with are great and are the only thing keeping this place together." ((in 838 reviews)); "Good benefits and they keep open the possibility to work remote (at least in my role)" ((in 710 reviews)); "Good work life balance and flexibility." ((in 653 reviews)); "Most of the time the work was not exceptionally hard and the pay is good for the area." ((in 319 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Unilever according to real employee reviews?

"Low Salaries in Egypt for IT Department compared with market or Unilever Dubai or KSA." ((in 489 reviews)); "Poor management they only hire their friends and family" ((in 249 reviews)); "Career progression is slow but that doesn’t mean HR isn’t open to discuss career goals and help you achieve it." ((in 171 reviews)); "Bad manager with no long term view" ((in 154 reviews)); "late working hours even on weekdays" ((in 151 reviews))

What are employees saying about Unilever layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Unilever layoffs and their outlook for job security at Unilever in 2026.

What Unilever locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Cuautitlán Izcalli , Tultitlán , Ciudad de México , Cuernavaca , Lerma , Monterrey , Toluca , Guadalajara

Unilever reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(11,375 total reviews)

Hein Schumacher

65% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Culture & values

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.6

Career opportunities

3.4

Senior management

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

2.0

Mar 4, 2016

Management

Account executive

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CEO approval

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Pros

Office environment relaxed and friendly .

Cons

Pay is poor, moral low due to poor management . Very political and if your face fits you do well. Afraid to challenge as there may be repercussions. HR will always be there for the employer NOT the employee. It seems Bullies are well liked in Unilever culture !!

Unilever Response

10y

Hi. Thank you very much for your review. We appreciate all comments both positive and constructive. It's disappointing you feel that there is a lack of support, and we'd recommend setting up a meeting with your HR Business Partner to discuss your comments further.

4.0

Dec 1, 2015

Management trainee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Paul Poleman and uslp goals. Sustainability initiatives and global goals. Great brand teams like Ben and Jerry's, if you can get to them.

Cons

Uflp program is horribly run. Great program on paper, but people are miserable. High expectations without enough focus on development.

Unilever Response

10y

Hi. Thank you very much for leaving a review of your current role. We appreciate the feedback - it's great to see you mention both the sustainability initiatives we employ and the successful brand teams. We'll ensure your comments around UFLP are passed on to the team. Our best wishes are with you for 2016 and beyond.

3.0

Oct 13, 2015

Fantastic people, great flexible working but bad work-life balance, very little supper from senior manager and HR

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The people who work at Unilever are great. They are motivated, work hard and work well within teams. There's a really good collaborative atmosphere. Agile working is great. There is a great trust between management and employees. No one is looking at the hours you are in the office, what time you come in, what time you leave.

Cons

The other side of the medal of agile working is that you basically work all the time. No one pays attention to the time you get in or leave because more often than not, you work late and work many, many, many more hours than your contracted amount. Senior management and HR are all about "head-in-the-sand" philosophy about any employee's difficulty. If you have any problem at all (even if it's workload, line manager, colleagues), you can't look at HR or senior managers for help. You're basically screwed. There's been a lot of suicides due to work pressures the last couple of years. Unilever's way of dealing with it is to do these run-of-the-mill, standard Health & Wellbeing workshops which are completely useless. Salaries are low. Basically, if everything is fine, Unilever is an amazing company. If you have issues, look for a job elsewhere.

Unilever Response

9y

Hi. Thank you for taking the time to give us your feedback around your previous role. We're really pleased to see you mention our people and agile working as positives of your role here. We'll ensure your comments around working hours, wellbeing and communication are passed on to the team - we take all comments around health very seriously. We hope your current role is proving successful and wish you all the best.

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