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      Alcoa

      Engaged Employer

      Alcoa reviews

      3.8

      73% would recommend to a friend

      (950 total reviews)
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      Bill Oplinger

      74% approve of CEO

      61% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.7

      Culture & values

      3.7

      Compensation and benefits

      3.6

      Career opportunities

      3.5

      Work/Life balance

      3.3

      Senior management

      Alcoa has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 950 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Alcoa employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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      950 reviews
      4.0
      Oct 31, 2016

      Good job with great benefits

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Company has Good insurance along with some great 401 k . Pay was to notch for area. Decent plant management. Safety of employees was lacking though.

      Cons

      I do not feel like the plant was really worried about employee safety and health. The managers never discussed it unless they had to.

      4.0
      Oct 28, 2016

      Lumbering but reliable

      Senior process engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Decent health and retirement benefits, Very interesting technical industry including energy applications and military applications Good job security during average economic conditions.

      Cons

      Very top down bureaucratic organization so it's hard to make big changes as an engineer. The work culture is set in it's ways, unorganized and unclear upward mobility. Work environment is outdated but updates are happening slowly.

      4.0
      Oct 24, 2016

      Sourcing Manager

      Sourcing manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Talented employees who understand the goals. Good Communication from the top down. Wide arrange of software programs which capture necessary business and financial information.

      Cons

      Many talented employees whom work in a box and seem to struggle with the big picture. Communication at the middle level, whether up or down is a challenge and has a twist of shop politics. With the many software programs it necessitates duplicate data entry and complicated merging, if even possible. Needs a Kaizan to fix this!

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