You Are Expendable - Anonymous employee Univar Solutions Employee Review

1.0
Apr 16, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The salary was slightly above average, and the benefits are above industry standard, though I understand they are making adjustments to this.

Cons

I was at Univar four years, and each year I watched as they hired hundreds of people only to "lay off" most of that workforce within a year. It seems like they are always doing poorly at some point in the year, and they look to fire employees to make their quarterly/yearly financial goals, then hire again after the goal is met. There are many things wrong with Univar, but this is my biggest grievance.

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
Jul 7, 2026
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Pros

- Great coworkers/employees - Low stress - FTO is quite generous

Cons

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