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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3.0
Sep 22, 2013

Very top heavy organization.

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Pros

Decent wages, good benefits, many good people.

Cons

VP titles are given out to friends of the upper management like candy on Halloween. Too much politics. Know nothing upper management is so out of touch with reality it is sad. Many good people are being forced to leave or are wisely leaving for the competition. Customer service is not valued.

3.0
Sep 10, 2013

Frustrating

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Pros

They really do have some talented people working for them. They have the resources to be great....but.... Industry position and leverage available.

Cons

The talented people are not empowered to make decisions to fully and completely move a transaction to completion. "I'm not authorized to do that" is a common phrase. This causes customer service related issues as the customer suffers waiting for Univar to figure out how to pull their head out and complete simple transactions. New sales bonus program designed to incentivize sales people to have to stay a full year to get their whole bonus. Meanwhile lack of products available for delivery is causing customers to seek other options to get their products making the ability to actually achieve sales goals and achieve bonus a very difficult proposition. Internal frustration and morale are horrible.

1.0
Sep 5, 2013

Soul Killer

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Pros

It used to be a good company, not anymore.

Cons

This company has too much politics and no direction. They need restructuring and fresh management. A management that cares about people and understands the value of employees and their knowledge. The ever-changing management hardly understands the chemical distribution industry. The IT department is the worst. They lack energy, creativity and honesty.

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