Very bureaucratic, poorly managed - Graduate Trainee Unilever Employee Review

1.0
Mar 12, 2012
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Pros

Flexible working conditions Great global brands Opportunity to learn Good name on CV

Cons

- Poor leadership and management - Low transparency and incompetent feedback given to employees - very negative and unconstructive - Outsourced HR and IT - Highly bureaucratic and inflexible. Internal moves and promotions difficult - Don't feel like management care about any of their employees on a personal level despite the business' vision to "improve the quality of people’s lives". - A lot of talk with no substance. Management look for evidence of employees' "Standards of Leadership" but don't display any themselves (http://www.unilever.co.uk/careers/apply/graduates/applicationguidanceandtips/) - Many disgruntled employees and low retention among staff in certain areas of the business reflects some of these factors

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5.0
Jan 22, 2026
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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
Jul 11, 2026
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Pros

The work is easy and your teammates are generally helpful. The pay is good. They are involved in the community.

Cons

Some of HR don't know what they are doing and most of them are two faced and try to get you fired. There are a lot of lazy people and Management expects the harder working people to do their job as well. Benefits are not so good anymore. There is a lot of favoritism to friends from management and some from HR. It's getting worse as the years go by.

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