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

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
2.0
Mar 15, 2016

Engineering

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Being a large corporation it is able to offer substantial compensation packages. They offer a decent benefits package, BC/BS (employees pay higher than the National norm) but never the less it is offered. Also they work with local communities and donate to many worthy charitable causes.

Cons

Also being a large corporation employee recognition gets lost or there is none. Upper management/board has fallen away from some core business needs in regards to employees. C.S.R. (Corporate Social Responsibility) has been, within my current studies of Business Administration the company acts nearly 100% within the "shareholder/stockholder management approach. True a business needs to place emphasis on profit/sales in respect to the key stakeholders thereof but if we lose sight of the true business model to incorporate "ALL" stakeholders into the business model. Some of the key employee stakeholders are disrespected or lost which ultimately hurts the business integrity motto.

3.0
Mar 14, 2016

Engineering at Alcoa

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Technical Flexibility Strong lean manufacturing Engaged workforce High product demand

Cons

Lack of centralized engineering services Lack of unified engineering training programs.

3.0
Mar 14, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Day shift close to home air condition environment secretary doors smoke and drug free vending machines and the rest room was ok there's a small locker room also

Cons

Dirty oily old 1985 equipment. General work force is locked in a time machine in 1985. Machines and equipment hasn't beep updated or invested in over 30 years.

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