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      Unilever

      Engaged Employer

      Unilever reviews

      4.0

      80% would recommend to a friend

      (11,378 total reviews)

      Hein Schumacher

      65% approve of CEO

      63% 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 11,378 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
      Jan 30, 2015

      Poor pay, long hours...

      Customer development
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good company culture, very inclusive

      Cons

      Lowest pay versus competitors. No recognition unless you are a 'favourite'. Strong emphasis on short term opportunities which increases stress levels throughout the business. Long hours and poor work/life balance, you are expected to put in the extra hours with little to no acknowledgement. A lot of people become comfortable and do an 'ok' job, they are kept on purely so as not to offend.

      2.0
      Nov 11, 2014

      Great people and brands, terrible work life balance

      Customer business manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Compensation and benefits Many great brands with very good consumer demand Very smart and hard working people

      Cons

      Work life balance horrendous No matter when vacation/holiday time is scheduled, expectation is you will work. Especially month end or year end. Sales executives are very short term focused, too much time spent discussing daily and monthly sales numbers No training on brand heritage or history and very little sales training 8 downsize reorgs in 10 years HR is not advocate for employee and you rarely speak to or hear from them Decision making is slow and tedious, not competitive

      4.0
      Feb 17, 2014

      The people make it great

      Human resources manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Talented people to work with, good opportunities to learn, international exposure. Great variety in work, every day is different.

      Cons

      Poor work-life balance, too much work for the time available, evening and weekend working a fact for many. Long winded decision processes, slow or inadequate IT tools, only senior management levels get focus for career development. No opportunity to share learnings so everyone has to find their own way. Hard as mid career recruit to have previous experience recognised/ appreciated.

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