Unilever PLC Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Unilever PLC full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Excellent brand portfolio, extremely competitive internationally and really has the foundation for rapid global expansion. Great people. Always looking for ways to improve and innovate. Very flexible work environment - job share and part time options. Good with flex place work as well.

Cons – Long hours. Roles continue to expand but are not upgraded so people are stretched thin. Very political organization. It can be difficult to gain clear alignment and move forward.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Unilever PLC full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Fair salary structure with clear lines of career advancement.

Cons – Favoritism and back stabbing . Management seems not to care about this.

Advice to Senior Management – Stop the favoritism going on.

Current Employee – been working at Unilever PLC full-time for less than a year

Pros – Agile working and working from home

Cons – salaries are less than compettitor firms

Advice to Senior Management – increase pay

Former Employee – worked at Unilever PLC as a contractor for more than a year

Pros – Multinational company touching lives everyday

Cons – remuneration isn't fantastic in Nigeria like rival P&G.
Culture isn't as strong

Advice to Senior Management – Ensure that policies and corporate culture is practicalised at the bottom

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Unilever PLC as a contractor

Pros – Supportive environment and great people to work with

Cons – Salary is not always according to the market

Advice to Senior Management – need to avoid bias sometimes

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Unilever PLC full-time for less than a year

Pros – Agile working and versatile Style

Cons – Cold and impersonal working environment.

Advice to Senior Management – Do take care the relationships with wl1 as they are the ones whom help the wl2 and above perform.

Current Employee – been working at Unilever PLC

Pros – Marketing driven organisation
Great culture

Cons – Slower career progression due to large size

Advice to Senior Management – .

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Unilever PLC

Pros – Name recognition, global organization, opportunity for growth

Cons – Continuously changing, silo mentality, very large organization, complex structure, costly unit/region reporting structure, lacks work/life balance

Advice to Senior Management – Structure is complex and redundant needs to be simplified in order to reduce costs and improve efficiencies. Example: why is the marketing manager/director for Mexico work out of Argentina?

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Unilever PLC

Pros – - Great training opportunities
- Looks good on a resume
-They understand that people are career switchers
-Laid back environment - can work from home, wear jeans everyday
-Subsidized food from cafeteria
-Shuttle from NYC to work (although it is a little pricey)
-Great 401K

Cons – - Pay - base pay and bonus are not competitive
-Jobs keep getting larger - every reorg consolidates two jobs into one without a pay increase
- No opportunity to have direct reports until you become a mananger
-Manager positions constantly being eliminated, limiting upward mobility
- Takes too long to get promoted
-Work experience before business school not counted when looking at upward mobility/promotions.

Advice to Senior Management – Lots of WL1s are jumping ship...do something about promotional opportunities.

Former Employee – worked at Unilever PLC

Pros – Strong values and ethics
Diverse middle management
Strong corporate social responsibility
Very talented and bright people
Collegiate, consultative work style
Driven, ambitious people who are on the whole respectful of others
Well established control processes mean this a business that is less likely than others to make bad decisions.

Cons – Collegiate and consultative style can delay decision making.
Control processes can be badly applied by some individuals limiting creativity and entrepreneurial spirit.
More needs to be done with regard to diversity, particularly in leadership roles.

Advice to Senior Management – Decide on a clear strategy and stick with it for sufficient time to see the outcome. There has been so much change in recent years, some of it very necessary, but there comes a time to stabilise the business and focus on competing.