You'll Get Stuck at Associate, Manager Level or Lower for Years, Low Salaries, No Upward Mobility - Anonymous employee Unilever Employee Review

1.0
17 Nov 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

None. Get the work experience or Not, and get out after 1-2 years or sooner before even your First Year Anniversary. Good agile, flexible culture (if your manager will allow it). But No one has their own desk anymore since Jan. 2017 and everyone is required to work like a Nomad and carry around their desk, laptop, papers etc. in a suitcase. I'm actively searching for a new, Real Job.

Cons

You'll Get Stuck at Associate or Manager Level or Lower for Years, There are Employees who have been working there for 10+ Years and are still at Associate or Manager Level, Low Salaries, No Upward Mobility. The Shuttle Buses are a joke and worse than the MTA Subway System of NYC. I never thought that any other transportation system be worse than the MTA. The Shuttle stops are limited at 1-2 in the morning for each stop location and if you miss your Shuttle especially if they're crowded and the Shuttle Company is late sending another Shuttle or doesNot send another one at all, you're screwed. You'll miss morning meetings, work etc. which means you'll be in trouble with your boss. At least with the MTA Subways, NJ Transit or NJPath there are multiple trains every few minutes and even if there's a major delay you can exit from a station that's close enough to your destination. Additional Cons: -no career development since there are few if any openings above Associate or Manager-level -no support from Management, HR or other functions -irrational leadership (Executive Management/Middle Management/HR/Comms) - stay far away from them!!!! The turnover rate of employee is staggering Get in, get the experience, and get out. Do not stay as they will string you along with implications of promotion and recognition, but you will lose a lot of your earning potential in this time period. The salaries are also low in addition to the absurd joke of 1-3% Bonuses of Base Salary. Unilever also has lofty goals such as using technology, AI, etc.. Unilever is destitute, has razor thin profit margins and can Not afford even $3000 laptops per employee, Meeting Rooms’ Monitors for Presentations or competent Tech Support. In general, Unilever’s “Technology”, software, systems etc. are 10 years old and Unilever is stuck in the first decade of the 21st Century. It’s a Dead-end company with Dead-end jobs. I could go on and on, but Unilever’s Not worth it to write an Encyclopedia about that’s why I’m actively searching for a Real Job!

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