Univar Solutions reviews

3.1

50% would recommend to a friend

(1,243 total reviews)
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David Jukes

47% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

Univar Solutions has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 1,243 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Univar Solutions employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.4 stars).

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1.0
Feb 1, 2016

Vice President

Recommend
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Pros

Univar offers above average salary and competitive benefits. Very talented personnel

Cons

Top down culture with decision making authority consolidated in 4 senior leaders. Narcissistic personality traits run rampant with these leaders, 3 of whom have no chemical distribution experience. The focus has been to centralize management of functional groups, and to organize the business in a manner similar to that of chemical manufacturers. This has left GM's with little impact on local competitive requirements, and driven an exodus among experienced talent. Company hires great talent, mostly from outside of the industry, however Univar lacks strong training processes. The culture is extremely negative, due to repeated lay-offs. Negative sales growth for three years running has left supplier partners concerned with Univar's strategic direction. I would NOT recommend this company to any associates in the industry

1.0
Oct 8, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Great technology and tools for the Salesforce to use. Extensive product line. Excellent geographic coverage.

Cons

Managers for the most part are lazy and out of touch, some are downright unethical. Don't believe the opportunity for "unlimited earning potential" via uncapped annual bonuses. They will change the growth goal target mid year if they feel they are paying/ will have to pay the sales staff too much in bonuses. This is flat out taking away money that you have earned! You have to fight every bit of the way to get what you are owed. Benefits have been cut also to the point of making them practically worthless.

1.0
Apr 29, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good base pay, 401k match

Cons

So many I will have to make bullet points: * 2 billion dollar company stops all company wide spending for investors, can't even buy coffee for employees or spend money on work supplies like paper and pens. * Management is a joke. So top heavy. No need for 3 managers to manage a team of 12 people *Favoritism at its finest. One person received a 18k raise in one year from being the bosses favorite, while others in the department received no raises at all. *No training at all, basically you are hired and you need to figure it out on your own *Revolving door, this office is a soul sucker. Management is unhelpful, rude, and condescending. When you ask for help they act like you are stupid for even asking. *One manager sits in his office all day just looking at fishing pictures and does nothing else. *Will do anything they can to not pay you your earned commission. They will tell you, they will pay you out and right before you are supposed to be paid they hold a meeting that they are cutting your earned bonus to only 40% pay out for investors. *Every person in every department is miserable This is just scratching the surface. Don't let the recruiting company lie to you and tell you this is an amazing place to work. It's not. When you walk in it's like a library, no energy at all. Every single day was agony knowing I had to get up to go to work there.

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