Change mgmt needs work - Anonymous employee Univar Solutions Employee Review

3.0
May 10, 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Smart, motivational coworkers, adequate resources, good health/dental benefits. You can meet so many considerate, passionate, and intelligent humans that are willing to lift you up as you do the same for them.

Cons

Nepotism and micro-management was incredibly difficult to deal with. I presume that it's still persistent - not across all departments, but it really depends on which team you're on. Salary was lowballed, work-life balance was hard to achieve, and diversity/inclusion wasn't really a strength at this company.

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Univar Solutions Response
3y
Thank you for taking the time to share your experiences with us. We are still fairly young on our diversity, equity, and inclusion journey to increase focus and take decisive action towards progress. However, we are very proud of how far we have come in just a couple of years we have launched 7 employee resource networks, created entirely new and more equitable policies, made it easier to understand our inclusive benefits, tackled some very difficult topics through open forum webinars around race, gender equity, LGBTQ+ equality, and increased education on mitigating unconscious bias. We will take your feedback to heart as we work to continue an accelerate progress to provide a positive, equitable, and inclusive experience for all employees regardless of level or location.

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Univar Solutions Response
1d
Thank you for sharing your concerns. Univar Solutions takes all allegations of misconduct seriously. Anyone with additional information, including employees and non-employees, may report concerns confidentially through EthicsPoint at 866-605-2999 or https://secure.ethicspoint.com/ (search "Univar"). We encourage individuals with relevant information to come forward so concerns can be reviewed and addressed appropriately.
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