- Very political performance review process. It get's worse as you progress into management positions. It becomes all about "who knows you" as opposed to what you have accomplished.
- In recent years Unilever has significantly decreased spending on employee training and development. This has resulted in fewer internal promotions and more recruitment of external candidates into management positions.
- A very bureaucratic environment and a centralized organizational structure that slows down decision making.
- In the last decade most of Unilever's growth has been through acquisitions. It lacks the entrepreneurial spirit to quickly launch new innovations and to grow organically.