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UNILAD Reviews

3.7

76% would recommend to a friend

(20 total reviews)

51% positive business outlook

UNILAD has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 20 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The UNILAD employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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20 reviews
1.0
16 Jun 2017

Overworked and Underpaid

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great name to have on your resume Lots of opportunity to work on new things

Cons

Family and friends hired over qualified candidates No processes No money, so low wages and no equipment Nobody has a job description Aggressive and Immature work place

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UNILAD Response
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Hi there, thank you for the review. UNILAD accept that more can always be done in terms of employee satisfaction and this is something that we will continue to work on. UNILAD was founded in 2014 by trusted friends and family who work together and continue to establish the brand. Since then the company has experienced monumental growth within a very short period of time. In the last 6 months, a range of processes have been implemented to improve the working environment. We are also taking staff investment very seriously, this is a priority for us as we continue to scale alongside our ambitions to be a great place to work. Thank you for your feedback, your comments of course will be taken onboard and we wish you all the best for the future.
1.0
6 Dec 2017

Terrible experience

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Potential for a fun company culture once structure is in place. If this is your first job you will be excited by a cool office with lots of socials and perks. If you want a career, however, this is not the place to be.

Cons

No leadership from the top down. There is no structure for anyone and rather than dealing with problems or heeding advice from staff they prefer to ignore issues in favour of bravado and grandeur. Senior management is a boy's club who are unwilling to take advice from those with more experience. The majority of hires are straight out of uni to save money on salaries. Even most heads of departments are first jobbers who have no experience of the business world or any kind of industry awareness. I greatly regret my time spent working for UNILAD and found the entire experience to be hugely disappointing.

1.0
5 Oct 2018

Not worth the mental and emotional pressure.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Started out as an iconic brand which could have hand a great future. Used to be good creative and journalistic opportrunities. Was groundbreaking once, and ahead of it's time. Great place if you only care about numbers If you're buddies with senior management, you'll get a promotion. When financially suported and not restricted by sales, we were able to make really great content. Great co-workers, most of the time (not including snr mgmt)

Cons

Too many to list... the biggest issue and the one which led to the companies demise was promoting and hiring based on friendhsips as opposed to merit. Other issues are the constant lies, particularly about opportunities and progression, the lack of communication with staff (in day-to-day working, but even down to the fact that most of the staff found out about the possible liquidation of the company through news outlets, with no previous details/information whatsoever), no financial stability at all, completely restricted by advertising due to sales making agreements with other companies that could not be kept, without discussing it with journalists/content creators first, TERRIBLE time management (I mean really bad), no structure within management or production practice, misogynistic staff members throughtout the entire company with little to no career progression for women, new staff sleeping with senior staff members for job security, they do not reward loyalty or hard work, editorial managers prioritise content abut female celebrities bodies/dogs eating sand/describing viral videos rather than create real journalistic articles, content or topics, blatantly unfair treatment of staff with severe favouritism including some staff retaining their position even after displaying sexual harrasment/behaviour in the workplace and admitting drug abuse publicly, the company bullies colleagues/employees into silece with threats of lawsuits and career destroying (terrified of posting this as there will be serious repercussions but people need to know the truth), incredibly rude when (if!) communicating, senior management ignore emails and deem certain staff members too lowly to speak or listen to, no give/take, feels like a dictatorship with no room for discussion, job shuffling every few months but not updating contracts, changing job descriptions midway through employment (several times) without any discussion, option or reasoning, not compensatiting for extra time/effort/job responsibilities even after promising to do so, asks staff to drive/travel across country/world for work-related events but will/does not sub travel expense nor their time, no creative support, one filming kit shared by the entire company so it's never availabe amd it's impossible to book shoots in, no budget for original content (they seem to prefer to buy from other outlets nowadays) no company benefits whatsoever (other than an app and a 5% gym discount...), no work/life balance (you are on call to deal with issues 24/7 regardless of your role), enormously underpaid ground-staff and ridiculously overpaid senior management, no values whatsoever despite vehemently arguing that the company is 'different', that they care about mental health (staff often depressed, suicidal or anxiety ridden) and animal rights ( Ask them about what happened with the 'office dog')... there is almost no saving this place under its current management. So dissapointed with the last few months there, it's been a heartbreaking change.

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