UL Solutions reviews

3.5

55% would recommend to a friend

(1,944 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 1,944 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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2K reviews
3.0
Sep 9, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

- Competitive pay - Promote internally - Great peers all around - Very generous PTO and benefits - Hybrid work environment - Has their own gym on site

Cons

- Work/life balance is absolutely horrible. Due to the company being global you have to be working many hours that, when added up, are way beyond 40 hours a week depending on your position. The pay is great on paper but when you take into account how much you work, you should be getting paid for a person and a half if not two people. But the people make it worth it. - There is no moving up or recognition from upper management. It is clear as day the favoritism going around between managers/directors. You will not get anywhere ahead unless you are able to be quiet and do what you are told even when you are trying to find a solution and offer feedback. If they don't want to hear it, they will choose to ignore it. - Unless you want to stay here for the long run, this is a good company to slap on your resume before finding an organization that is actually well established and actually wants to improve, not lie to themselves or sugarcoat issues that the lower-level roles are bringing up every single day.

3.0
Apr 6, 2022

Stepping Stone

Recommend
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Pros

- Layoffs are rare - Benefits are good - Remote work possible

Cons

- Pay is low - Management lacks professionalism, too much focus on their personal goals and little focus on shared goals - Tech stack is behind and corporate policies make it very difficult to keep it up to date - Very little application of software architecture knowledge. You're more likely to see an archaic approach suited to the manager's comfort than a more modern approach suited to the application requirements - rampant nepotism in hiring and promotion. There is no objective clear path for career advancement

2.0
Sep 2, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

The engineers were nice. Other than that, for a period of time, you could get gelatos from the cafeteria every other Tuesday from 2:00PM to 2:15PM.

Cons

The managers, three of which they ran through during my one year there, were not qualified to be security engineering managers. Very much a waterfall mentality. No real growth mindset, or appropriate ways of growing a team. For security engineering and research, getting industry training was awful and almost non-existent

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UL Solutions Response
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We appreciate you taking the time to share your experience. UL University exists to provide UL a competitive advantage through engaged people. We do this by supporting continuous improvement and process excellence, facilitating innovative interventions for leaders and teams, and by providing world class learning and development opportunities. We are dedicated to educating the people who empower trust. If you have a need, we are here to help. All UL employees are able to make a request for training through UL University, which provides technical training as well as training to develop soft skills.
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