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 31, 2015

Design Engineer II

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Worked with several nice people. Learned a lot while I was there.

Cons

Sometimes, their management DID NOT know what the heck they are doing.

4.0
Aug 27, 2015

Dollar trumps everything

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits Many knowledgable and experienced professionals Opportunity to push your career and help the company succeed

Cons

Poor business decisions are made to improve month end, quarter end results Capital investment goals of the company are to spend as little as possible, facilities suffer

1.0
Aug 26, 2015

Production Supervisor

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Deep pockets when it comes to purchasing machines. Great products.

Cons

Command and control management style. Suspect accounting and inventory valuation practices. No work life balance.

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