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Work Life Balance, Great People (in 258 reviews)
Flexible working hours, famous company (in 133 reviews)
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work life balance might be tough (in 166 reviews)
Slow decision making processes have not fully been addressed (in 93 reviews)
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"Excellent organisation"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Unilever full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
Excellent organisation in terms of people policies, best in industry compensation and brilliant talent pool. It has wonderful blend of business with purpose and care for people (employee and consumers) ITs IT operations and innovations are world class and cutting edge and have been key competitive advantage as compared to peers .
Cons
Can be more efficient with its process and can be more centralized
Advice to Management
keep the good work on
Unilever 2017-05-10 22:31 PDT Helpful (1)
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"Great Start to Career"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Unilever full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Started in the company young in my first full time employment. The opportunity for professional development is strongly offered and supported through a number of programs. The career development issues that were rife especially in finance when I started in the company seem to have dissipated although that doesn't seem to have stopped the flow of resignations at the lower work levels. The culture is relaxed but everyone is aware of times when a push is needed meaning the work hours and location are flexible.
Cons
There way of working, although flexible can lead to extreme overwork when covering other employees or due to recent structural changes causing multiple roles to be downgraded or combined. The company is poor at making quick decisions and only seems to make quick decisions for the purpose of trying to publicize that they can make those quick decisions and implement them. There is still a fairly strong flow of people leaving the business due to a number of reasons, mostly due to progression, development and pay. The pay is below market rate and although it used to be made up for purely by the benefits package, they have been eroded meaning that in some cases the flexible work and slightly more relaxed culture is the reason for many to stay.
Advice to Management
Either address the pay gap to the market, stop eroding the benefits package or stop combining roles that produce extreme overwork for employees. The bias for action within the company especially at higher work levels needs to be addressed. Sometimes making a decision without all the data/variables and taking the risk produces better business results.
Unilever 2017-08-02 12:20 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Brand Manager"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Unilever full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
Open, honest and great company to work for.
Cons
Career Opportunities less and less over the years. Company tries to be innovative but stays behind vs competitors. Speed to market is a big fail.
Unilever 2017-08-02 07:32 PDT![Unilever Logo]()
"Quick Review"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOPros
Good company to work for, nice people, agile working
Cons
Too much process slows things down
Unilever 2017-08-13 11:33 PDT![Unilever Logo]()
"Perfect company"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Unilever full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
Great work and life balance, agile working, Great culture, Great people, Great development & education, Discounted products, Great reputation, Advanced systems/tools,
Cons
No progression (need to be geographically mobile), Limited/low salary compared to the market/industry, graduates are prioritised over other employees. .
Advice to Management
Equality between grads and employees, provide more progression opportunities
Unilever 2017-07-26 10:09 PDT![Unilever Logo]()
"Manager"
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Pros
Good communication skills and used to working on own initiative
Cons
Not sure I want to set out cons
Unilever 2017-08-09 07:35 PDT![Unilever Logo]()
"Groovy"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Unilever full-time (More than 10 years)
Pros
Business with integrity, tries to do the right thing
Cons
Bias for action is a constant challenge
Unilever 2017-07-25 06:14 PDT![Unilever Logo]()
"Socially Responsible Consumer Goods"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Unilever full-time (More than 8 years)
Pros
Flexible working, reasonable pension. Good social responsibility mission based around improving lives of the poor and the environmental footprint of the companies products.
Cons
Very large company, decisions often take a long time, not very agile or dynamic, quite process focussed in reality. Promotion between job levels difficult to achieve.
Unilever 2017-07-22 09:30 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Don't waste a secon of your life"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Unilever full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
Work from home on fridays. You get some small discounts on some products and you get free ice cream every day.
Cons
Too much work, tons of hours with no gratitude or extra pay. Really bad management team. Lots of stress. Everyone is leaving the company so time to move on.
Advice to Management
Well start treating people like people not like numbers and spend more time focusing on your employees rather than trying to sell how awesome your culture is
Unilever 2017-08-02 18:21 PDT![Unilever Logo]()
"Fantastic business vision"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Unilever (More than 5 years)
Pros
Its a proud feeling to be associated with such an ethical company with high values. Fantastic work life balance, wellbeing programs and clear business vision.
Cons
At time a lot of negative competitiveness and politics leads to hampering employees career growth. Not much transparency and guidance is provided by HR either.
Advice to Management
Please relook at the UK salary structure, we are way behind the industry. This has been raised multiple times by all but nothing has been done yet.
Unilever 2017-08-01 08:55 PDT
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Unilever Response
22 May 2017 – The Talent Team
Hi. Thank you very much for taking the time to leave a review of your current role with us. It’s really pleasing to see that you highlight a number of positives, including our people policies, our purpose and innovative culture. We’ll ensure your points around processes are passed on to the respective teams. We wish you all the best and continued success at Unilever.... MoreLess