Reply to: Unilever

[portseven]

free ice cream

[edison]

I applied for a gig there last year through Parity but the role was canned. The rate was a bit on the low side for a global company of that nature IMHO.

I've known some people who have worked for the company in Marketing and they seemed to like it.

[steve80]

Unilever

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[rsingh]

IT Dept

Dev, support, reporting? Gui, db, analysis? IT dept is a bit broad for me to give you anything more meaningful apart from the rates are crap.

[steve80]

IT Dept

[rsingh]

Port Sunlight in particular

Yup - I worked at Port Sunlight. The people there are generally easy to get on with. Again, it depends what area you will be working for. There are a couple of projects and manager which are a complete cluster **** however without knowing what team you will be on, can't say if you'll be exposed to them. What type of work will you be doing? Will you be working for a small consultancy?

[quackhandle]

Hmmm, dunno about this. The three times I have had anything to do with them the agent (a big one) was on a fixed margin, confirmed by both the agent and client. Rate wasn't fantastic though.

Yes, Reed and Parity are on the PSL. Reed rates are appalling.

qh

[nozmeister]

Usual sort of places. Permies there for years, very nine to five and lots of dead wood. Of course accenture and some other outsources are in there big time as well.

[DiscoStu]

A housemate at uni did a placement year with them. Apparently you're not allowed to talk about Persil Power putting holes in clothes.

[Batcher]

Hmmm, dunno about this. The three times I have had anything to do with them the agent (a big one) was on a fixed margin, confirmed by both the agent and client. Rate wasn't fantastic though.

I was meaning that my rate was too high for them. The agents seemed happy enough when I quoted but its possible they didn't put me in front of Unilever.

[northernladuk]

Twice chased contracts in the past with them but didn't even get an interview. Then someone I had worked with, with less experience and needing a lot of hand-holding got the gig. It could be down to the agents of course but I've a feeling cheapness was at the root of their decision.

Hmmm, dunno about this. The three times I have had anything to do with them the agent (a big one) was on a fixed margin, confirmed by both the agent and client. Rate wasn't fantastic though.

[Batcher]

Twice chased contracts in the past with them but didn't even get an interview. Then someone I had worked with, with less experience and needing a lot of hand-holding got the gig. It could be down to the agents of course but I've a feeling cheapness was at the root of their decision.

[northernladuk]

That's not particularly helpful; could you start grading OP questions, perhaps using a likert scale, or even a 1-10 grading system? "Not very good" could mean anything between 3/10 to 6/10 really.

Ah that's a good idea. How about with 10 options numbered from PC to NLUK? If that is the case the original question would be a PC+1 (or an NLUK-8 if your cup is half empty)

[GillsMan]

Not a very good question really.

That's not particularly helpful; could you start grading OP questions, perhaps using a likert scale, or even a 1-10 grading system? "Not very good" could mean anything between 3/10 to 6/10 really.

[kal]

As always, another helpful answer. Useless !!!! LOL