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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3.0
May 13, 2013

Great place to work

Recommend
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Pros

Great place to work and grow

Cons

Management is unstable, no proper planning, heavily dependent on consultants

1.0
May 8, 2013

Complete waste of time

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Affordable benefits & decent work-life balance

Cons

Office is quite segregated with clear tension between operations, office, and management employees. Systems are from the Ice Age - requires repeated and tedious effort to manage purchase orders. SAP transition continues to be delayed Management is often unprofessional and not open to new problem solving methods. They do not establish or share best practices resulting. Often micromanages employees, instead of giving them the independence to be accountable for their job duties. On-site HR only tends to recruitment issues - directing employees to call 800 number for all of their issues No flexibility in 2013 such as telecommuting, lap tops, etc.

1.0
May 6, 2013

Warning! Needs Serious Change.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Decent pay and bonus plan. Some very excellent long term managers, however, they are now being "let go" too. Yet another "brilliant" move by Univar.

Cons

Unfortunately they recruit managers that are completely out of touch what a "manager" should be and keep the ones that fit that "out of touch" mold as well. Instead of team leaders, they bring in old school tyrants that have zero skills on how to manage a department. Very bizarre decisions made on processes that make no sense and cause extra administrative burden, and do not include all team members input. More of a dictator type managment. High turnover. Either by being weeded out, or you have to leave because of total frustration.

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