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      Alcoa

      Engaged Employer

      Alcoa reviews

      3.8

      75% would recommend to a friend

      (950 total reviews)
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      Bill Oplinger

      74% approve of CEO

      62% 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
      2.0
      Aug 12, 2011

      A continuous pride-swallowing Seige

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Alcoa offered me a ridiculous amount of money out of college to work at their Corporate Headquarters which was a beautiful location, very clean with lots of training opportunities.

      Cons

      Many of the managers are promoted and/or hired in with no competency whatsoever. Men rule the roost while women back-stab each other for the scraps. I saw many talented people get disheartened and leave while many incompetent managers have stayed and prospered. There is no system in place to get rid of the "dummies".

      4.0
      Nov 24, 2019

      Great company in a lot of turmoil

      Human resources analyst
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Competitive pay, reasonable benefits - Lots of opportunity for internal movement - Good culture, which has resulted in the attainment of a lot of great employees (and the surprisingly swift removal of toxic ones) - Corporate office has a great location and is a very pleasant environment - Recent changes are difficult but truly address many of the issues from the past - Performance is evaluated qualitatively, not quantitatively - Transparent leadership

      Cons

      Alcoa is a company in transition, still, and though the organization is moving itself in the right direction, it can really be a challenge to constantly work in a state of change and uncertainty. Frequent shifting in the past few years has lead to the ouster of many tenured employees, leaving some people in positions for which they are not experts. This results in a reduction of much-needed efficiencies. One downside of the lack of traditional KPI-style performance management is that, at least up to this point, it has been hard for managers to make the case to get rid of poor performers based exclusively on performance. Diversity is a problem for the organization as a whole.

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      Alcoa Response
      6y
      Thank you so much for this insightful and quality review. This is the feedback HR needs to prompt and promote change in the organization that moves the needle in the direction of the values and cultural environment we all desire to sustain for the long run. - Alcoa Talent Acquisition
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