Unilever reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(11,376 total reviews)

Hein Schumacher

65% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Unilever has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 11,376 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
5.0
Jun 27, 2018

R&D Manager

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Agile working, great training ground for processes and systems and building best in class technical foundation. Strong credibility in Sustainability and as positive Corporate citizen

Cons

Large company facing lots of shareholder pressure and expectations in mature markets to grow. This leads to additional emphasis on restructuring and cost savings in short term to maintain expectations on financial performance in absence of strong growth.

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Unilever Response
7y
Thanks for taking time to leave a review about your role at Unilever. We wish you all the best in your next role.
3.0
Jun 1, 2018

Not the company it once was

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits - medical, dental, 401k match, what once was a pension is gone. Still a strong sense of culture, socially and environmentally conscious company

Cons

Changes in corporate structure, gigantic global amounts of red tape, commoditization of pretty much everything, layoffs on scheduled basis, pandering to stockholders at expense of loyal employees

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Unilever Response
8y
Thanks for your review. We are sorry to hear about your concerns, please do share these with your line manager.
1.0
May 25, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The Pay and benefits are nice.

Cons

Management does not care. Despite working 3 shifts 40+ hours / shift every week their once a month meeting for each shift is done on your time. They are only concerned with Safety Theater and trying to make it look safe. They encourage an atmosphere of distrust by forcing employees to write up safety observations on other employees twice a month to qualify for a quarterly bonus. If you work third shift they care about you even less. First and second get hot meals and an amazing menu. Third, if you catch it right gets a poor excuse for a breakfast menu that resembles a 3 AM nasty wafflehouse visit after a bar crawl. They spend thousands and thousands of dollars on incomplete systems to make it look like they are progressive yet poor planning and training causes massive turnover rates, especially in the warehouse. Forklift drivers are automatically considered at fault for almost any incident including if a pedestrian walks out in front of them from a blind spot. The Pedestrians pay no attention to where they are going and almost seem to find it a challenge to walk in front of forklifts in motion or through doors restricted only to forklift traffic. Two months after I was hired they announced two rounds of layoffs which due to the excessive turnover rate I barely avoided. And then there is the way that Management speaks to you. Numerous people have been to the HR office to report Harassment and extremely unprofessional conduct. But are summarily dismissed with excuses like "That's just the way he is."

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Unilever Response
8y
Thank you for your review. We appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts and we'll ensure they are passed on to the respective teams.
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