Run don’t walk away from this place - Director Univar Solutions Employee Review

1.0
Jan 23, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Immediate coworkers were friendly with each other within my group but most have little sense of belonging or relatedness across groups. - Convenient since I live in Lombard (close to work) - As a global company, get to work with people around the world, which also can present challenges

Cons

- Leadership was incompetent and indecisive - Enterprise strategy and goals were weak - Processes were inefficient to non-existent - Two recent reduction in forces destroyed what little morale there was; many are constantly wondering if they are next - No work life balance whatsoever, when someone leaves they often did not backfill and you had to absorb the work - Nexeo acquisition is going to be a train-wreck based upon culture misalignment - My division President used to constantly lament about turnover being high and climbing but never seemed to have a clue why — he should have asked us as I would have given him an earful

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