From Assistant Brand Manager to Senior BM - 6 years Unilever...my experience - Senior Global Brand Manager Unilever Employee Review

3.0
27 Dec 2017
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Pros

- Best marketing school in the world - you learn everything about Marketing properly! - Very international inclusive culture, - Depends on the team but mostly nice people who work there - Free Gym - As a Senior Brand Manger I have very positive experience

Cons

- Depends on the team and how workaholic your line manager is, but mostly in those years I worked long hours with a very bad work life balance - Only 1 from 10 Assistant managers can hope for a promotion, usual time is roughly 4 years until you can hope a promotion with almost no pay increase during that time - very bad salary - when you are unlucky and have a bad manager/director your career will be over (In one team I was even bullied by my line manager and director, fortunately I changed teams and it got better) because Unilever HR always supports line managers - Bad attitude towards Assistant Brand Managers in most team (they wont be in important meetings, do the majority of the work and get bad salary) The company tried to change on that end but it was still in a bad place. As a Senior I had mostly positive experience

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
6 May 2026
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Recommend
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Pros

Working with brands you grew up with is really exciting! The people I have met have all been amazing as well!

Cons

Everyone I have talked to are overworked and feel underpaid and despite the amount of work they do, there is no recognition or appreciation. Upper management is a mess and UL is constantly restructuring, often going from new BACK to the old structure while simultaneously letting people go leaving more people overworked. While most people are amazing, there are a few micromanagers where expectations are unknown. In addition, the lack of communication is awful. Often, I hear about certain cuts through the vine rather than directly from the people involved

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