Unison (UK) Reviews

3.5

62% would recommend to a friend

(32 total reviews)

57% positive business outlook

Unison (UK) has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 32 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there.

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32 reviews
1.0
8 Feb 2021

Bullying at a Union

Recommend
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Pros

not many although you would expect pros at a Union

Cons

3 years without a wage rise !!!

1.0
21 June 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Final salary pension, recently reduced in its core benefit, but at least still currently available to new entrants.

Cons

Many of the staff that make up the general secretariat and level 1 managers are morally bankrupt. Management struggles to act with integrity and authenticity. Huge gender pay gap (union led by women, with over 70% of membership identifying as women), the organisation is not concerned with addressing this. Ethnicity pay gap reporting will only happen if mandated by legislation. The results would be dire. Cronyism is the only way to climb the career ladder. A dearth of leadership. Neither the Secritariat, nor the bloated glut of middle managers, appear to have a clue what they're doing or appreciate what's going on half of the time. Further, they don't seem remotely interested in improving. The organisation is consumed intensely by internal politics and political intrigue. This leads to high levels of opaqueness, encouraging a lack of transparency and very poor behaviour.

2.0
30 Jan 2023

Some good people but

Recommend
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Pros

It’s a trade union, helps people. Good pay, working out of the office

Cons

A lot of the people there are not working for the best interests of members. Union officers getting perks from companies was unethical in my book. Staff not supported so it’s hypocritical. Lot of short term contracts again criticise employers for this but do it themselves.

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