UL Solutions reviews

3.5

55% would recommend to a friend

(1,943 total reviews)
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Jennifer Scanlon

57% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

UL Solutions has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 1,943 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The UL Solutions employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Beratung industry (3.6 stars).

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1.0
Dec 6, 2023

Just a Facade

Anonymous employee
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Pros

They have a solid mission that has held up for over 100 years.

Cons

They put on a VERY good ’show’ of appearances as a forward paced organization however once you’re in and I mean like day one, you realize how horribly disorganized the entire organization is. I was shocked at the lack of accountability for mismanagement of people, processes, and business finances. Company invested substantially in office remodeling and new Chicago Loop office in excess to a level of irresistible financial spending. If you want to step back in time 20 years for a retro technology experience, this is the place! Systems are so outdated that it is like going back in time when things took months to get completed or fixed. That’s their normal here and they (many with 15-30 year tenure) seem to be okay with it. Complacency is a common employee performance description. They, seem to be okay with that also. Upper management and executives are embarrassingly inexperienced in their roles. Also a big facade on the diversity front. Female CEO and that’s about it! Don’t get fooled by the facade. Pass this one up, it is not a career growth opportunity.

1.0
Sep 16, 2023

Failure to Plan

Recommend
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Pros

Timely compensation, work life balance

Cons

UL and managements failure to plan becomes your problem. Tools and procedures have been eroded. Employee benefits eroded. The communication at this company is incredibly poor to non-existent. Embarrassing that this is a multi-billion dollar organization.

1.0
May 11, 2023

Poor leadership

Recommend
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Pros

The headquarters has a nice first floor.

Cons

The CEO doesn't know how to unite leaders to support her plans. There's a strong passive aggressive culture that makes it difficult to move on just about anything. Leaders and employees all simply don't follow the new leadership that while fairly young seems to lean on an authoritarian type of leadership style. It's very odd. Not healthy. And their pay is awful. The leadership does not care AT ALL about a healthy work life balance. They know some are consistently working without sleep and others working an excessive amount of hours and don't seem to care.

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