Is Unilever a good company to work for?

Unilever has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 20,599 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months. 80% of employees would recommend working at Unilever to a friend and 63% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Unilever have been left by employees working as Category Manager , Supply Chain Co-Op and Marketing Intern .

Does Unilever pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Unilever employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Unilever. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Unilever?

80% of Unilever employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Unilever 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Unilever?

Intern (451) , Assistant Manager (300) , Brand Manager (282) , Internship (269) , Manager (245) , Assistant Brand Manager (221) , Promotor De Merchandising (192) , Estagiário (174) , Marketing (162) , Marketing Intern (152) , Project Manager (140) , Coordenador (137) , Finance Manager (132) , Analista (128) , Management Trainee (101)

What are the pros of working at Unilever according to real employee reviews?

"great culture and most of the colleagues are very knowledgable" ((in 951 reviews)); "The people you work with are great and are the only thing keeping this place together." ((in 840 reviews)); "Good benefits and they keep open the possibility to work remote (at least in my role)" ((in 712 reviews)); "Good work life balance and flexibility." ((in 655 reviews)); "Most of the time the work was not exceptionally hard and the pay is good for the area." ((in 325 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Unilever according to real employee reviews?

"Low Salaries in Egypt for IT Department compared with market or Unilever Dubai or KSA." ((in 501 reviews)); "Poor management they only hire their friends and family" ((in 239 reviews)); "Risk averse / Slow moving / Slow career progression / Little distinction from those who work hard and those that do average." ((in 171 reviews)); "Bad manager with no long term view" ((in 162 reviews)); "late working hours even on weekdays" ((in 152 reviews))

What are employees saying about Unilever layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Unilever layoffs and their outlook for job security at Unilever in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Unilever locations?

Englewood Cliffs , Englewood , Trumbull , New York , Chicago , Covington , Shelton , Sikeston , Hoboken , Jonesboro , Independence , Jefferson City , Raeford , Lisle , Jersey City , Newark , Rogers , Hammond , Suffolk , Los Angeles , Burlington , Minneapolis , New Century , Baltimore , San Francisco , Henderson , Kansas City , Washington , San Juan , Cincinnati

Unilever reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(11,399 total reviews)

Hein Schumacher

65% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

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Unilever has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 11,399 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Unilever employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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11K reviews

1.0

Apr 13, 2021

Take the experience & run

Human resources

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Wide array of work to develop your skills - health benefits

Cons

- Rampant nepotism as it relates to promotions & “moving up the ladder” - bad/inappropriate behavior from leaders/employees is ignored & brushed under the rug (demeaning comments, yelling, borderline bullying) - leadership team has absolutely no self awareness or even the baseline of what it takes to be effective leaders - lack of integrity with career development opportunities— your merit means nothing if you’re not liked by all of leadership - Hypocrisy, bias & lack of logic in key decision making - “Growth opportunities” are a mask for saving a buck to not backfill critical roles and dump onto existing employees who are rockstars, without any reward, leading to burnout - Preach about wanting “disturbers to shake things up & think different” but reprimand them when they do - leadership team promoting wellness & career development with no authentic-ness behind it, just to check a box - High turnover rates, especially with POC is ignored

3.0

Jul 31, 2020

Good for a big company, not great for career development

Cmi

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

* Company truly cares about making a positive impact on the world * Top level leadership appears to truly care about employees * Great brands to work on * Work/life balance and WFH flexibility (even pre-COVID) * Good benefits (~5 months maternity) * Good balance of team collaboration and individual self-managed work * Great experience/never gets boring, as you are encouraged to switch roles every 2 years * Handling COVID response fairly well and understanding of employees' home situations (have been highly communicative)

Cons

* Titles not aligned to competitors in the industry (i.e. Assoc. Managers at Unilever could be Sr. Managers or Directors elsewhere) * Next to impossible to get promoted (at all levels). Promotions within departments are based on "who's next on the list," i.e. who has been there the longest, rather than who's performance and total experience (including outside Unilever) best prepares them for a promotion. * Middle management (Directors) often have little to no people-management experience and are not good at managing teams * Work experience outside of UL doesn't count/doesn't matter since people often stay here for so long * Lots of top-down micromanagement/lack of trust in teams to make decisions

1.0

Dec 7, 2019

Lot's of dead weight

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work life balance. People are nice Summer Fridays Free Ice Cream

Cons

A lot of people here do nothing, leading to others having to pick up the workload. Antiquated systems and quite frankly much of the work itself is a result of processes being flawed and colleagues not being so bright. It's a game of hot potato where teams are trying to push off work to others to the point where the team doing the work makes no sense (no correlation to job description).

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