Unilever PLC Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Unilever PLC as an intern for less than a year

Pros – The work atmosphere in the Trumbull, CT office was family oriented. People were always very friendly to one another and teams felt like families. As an intern, I was highly respected among all my coworkers. There is a lot of room to grow in the company too with the companies rotational program.

Cons – I was not a fan of the location in Trumbull, CT but that is personal preference.

Advice to Senior Management – N/A

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

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

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.

Current Employee – been working at Unilever PLC

Pros – The growth opportunity at Unilever is great. Career opportunity is based on performance and management is focused on career development.

Cons – Unilever can be somewhat beurocratic at times. The best people at Unilever are world class but the support outside of marketing can be spotty.

Advice to Senior Management – My advice to management would be to learn to be more flexible and take calculaed risks. If you punish people for risks, they will stop taking them.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Unilever PLC

Pros – It's a good learning place, 2nd largest consumer products company, with many global brands and teams.

Cons – Bureaucratic, and top heavy. Similar to other large corporations, constant re-organizations and job changes.

Advice to Senior Management – More accountability, and greater transparency with re-organizational processes.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Unilever PLC

Pros – Top CPG company; a lot of brands; great training; easy to go into other marketing afterward

Cons – Big, get lost in the shuffle. Some roles much more work than others.

Advice to Senior Management – Promote and support the star talent more. Work out better balance of responsibilities. Value an MBA more. Promote where due in terms of work product not just friends with everyone.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Unilever PLC

Pros – good values, good products, global company, travel,

Cons – too many managers too much internal review endless restructuring never know who is your real boss

Advice to Senior Management – make single point accountability real, stop every decision needing to be made by a half dozen managers, kill the fear of risk culture

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Unilever PLC full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – - Unilever are good at Training her workers
- Working in Unilever is the best that can happen to man
- Unilever value her employees and give them rooms to grow.

Cons – - You work on week end and always closing late

Advice to Senior Management – Management should do more to stop Labour turnover

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Unilever PLC full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Good development opportunities
Friendly employees, can do attitude.
Great benefits and training.

Cons – Can be silo'd, if only Unilever knew what it knew!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Unilever PLC

Pros – great if you are in marketing or working on a brand.

Cons – all other non-core functions (finance, accounting, investments, benefits, etc) are essentially forgotten.