- Lacks a sociable atmosphere - teams are extremely siloed and you are not encouraged to talk to or collaborate with other team members (one of my team members even teased me for talking to someone outside of our team). As a result, huge opportunities to learn are being missed because people are simply not aware of what other people are doing.
- Little in the means of training or talks - before starting at Unilever I assumed there would be great opportunities to learn and structured training offered. With all of the contacts and brands the Unilever has, they could (should) easily be able to do a monthly, insightful talk and encourage structured training rather than simply 'learn yourself' attitude.
- Hot desking - means you don't have a regular desk. My current team is a team of 15, there are 9 seats available in our 'allocated area'. If you don't arrive before 8:45am, you have to spend about 30 minutes walking around the various floors, trying to find a desk that is free (many are 'saved' by other teams) and has fully working equipment - pretty much all of the chairs are broken, screens/mouse/keyboard issues etc.
- Tiny gym that was previously the CEO's that he has now 'generously' opened up to his employees. So small that it hardly caters for the 6 floors of employees and actually done to ensure that HR can cut the gym subsidy benefit that was previously offered.
