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
3.0
Aug 8, 2016

Maintenance

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

pay,overtime,benifits,and training of new employees

Cons

backstabbing,layoffs,and the terminaton of senior employees

1.0
Jul 18, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Excellent salary, very competitive, level of autonomy afforded at most job levels. The crews are a pretty good bunch with a very small percentage of difficult types.

Cons

The autonomy only exists due to non existent organisation. This company really overly complicates the not overly complicated. Most days are just pandemonium and chaos on the floor while the "abs" group develops another checklist no one can ever live up to meanwhile saying hmm how come we're not at target state, we need another problem solving a3. It's hilarious and amongst other reasons a main contributor on my leaving.

2.0
Jul 13, 2016

Not for Overachievers

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Once hired, it can be difficult to get fired for cause.

Cons

While the C-suite enjoys an ever increasing suite of luxurious perks, they are consistently reducing benefits, withholding raises and cutting back for the regular employees who actually make the company run. It's a familiar story. Given the abysmal pay and horrible working conditions for educated professionals (no offices or cubicles, just giant desks shared with a dozen co-workers), it's not for talented go-getters who want to get ahead. This just isn't the place for talent. HOWEVER, if you want to coast, do a mediocre job and get by - then I think this could be a good fit.

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