Univar Solutions reviews

3.2

50% would recommend to a friend

(1,247 total reviews)
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David Jukes

49% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

Univar Solutions has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 1,247 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
May 5, 2014

The never-ending fire-drill

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There are great people working for the company; people who have been with the company for a long-time care about it, and want to make things better. Benefits offered are above average.

Cons

There is no direction within the company. The executive leadership team keeps on pressing that they are executing their strategy, yet everything that is being done is a knee-jerk reaction to whatever is that day's hot topic. Multiple major projects are not being completed, and are being shelved after wasting vast amounts of ressources. This is not helping with the distrust of the management team to successfully turn this sinking ship around. Employees are being blocked from internal promotions by senior management once they are offered new opportunities. Board-level politics are negatively affecting the business, with the newly-reformed BCS unit being put on a pedestal, but not being held accountable to any of its decisions. The new CEO came in with a promise of being transparent, yet the level of communication is at its lowest.

1.0
May 22, 2019

Terrible Management and environment

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Nothing good to say about them

Cons

Terrible leadership and no direction. Leadership is out of touch with managing people and expectations change weekly. I was employed for 5.5 yrs and the go to market strategy changed 4 times.

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Univar Solutions Response
6y
We're sorry to hear that your experience at Univar Solutions wasn’t the best. We believe in actively soliciting employee feedback and taking actions to improve our company based on the feedback received. Thank you for your service here with us at Univar Solutions and we wish you the best in your career.
2.0
May 3, 2019

Used to be a fun company

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Lots of great people.

Cons

Company went public and the "family" dynamic disappeared Crazy sales target No bonus

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Univar Solutions Response
6y
Thank you for the 10+ years you spent with Univar Solutions. We value your feedback and thank you for taking the time to write a review.
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