Horrible horrible place - Anonymous employee Unilever Employee Review

1.0
11 Aug 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- They have some great products and you get discounted pricing on them. - They got a spanking nice new office.

Cons

- Everyone plays politics in the company. - Everyone pulls rank, "I'm a director, you're just a manager. You have to listen to me." Roles mean nothing. - No one follows policies and not much enforcement as enforcers are afraid to offend higher ups. - Managers and above plays 'musical chairs', rotate jobs every 2 years, spends 6 months 'learning the business' as there's no proper handover, works for 1 year, then spends the last 6 months finding a new role. So everyone works only 1/2 the time. - Individual contributors are treated like dirt, managers are 2nd class employees. Only directors are seen as of value to the company. Most leisure events are organised for managers/directors and above only. - It is easier to quit and apply for a job as a manager or director then to work consistently in the company and hope to get noticed for a promotion. - VPs and SVPs get everything and anything they want; no one says no to them. Thus they spend unnecessary and silly money on unneeded items. Directors see it and try to flex their muscle on the spending too.

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5.0
22 Jan 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
1 Jul 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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