Does Alcoa pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Alcoa employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Alcoa. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Alcoa?

76% of Alcoa employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Alcoa 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Alcoa?

Estagiário (51) , Engineer (25) , Manager (17) , Supervisor (16) , Estagiário De Engenharia (14) , Intern (14) , Process Engineer (13) , Estagiário Superior (12) , Financial Analyst (10) , Production Supervisor (10) , Analista Pleno (8) , Engenheiro (8) , Gerente (8) , Process Operator (8) , Analista (7)

What are the pros of working at Alcoa according to real employee reviews?

"The good benefits are good" ((in 110 reviews)); "pay is good not bad work" ((in 81 reviews)); "the people are great and very supportive." ((in 73 reviews)); "Salary and roster both good" ((in 46 reviews)); "employees are great and easy to get along with" ((in 15 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Alcoa according to real employee reviews?

"Poor Management blinded by personal preferences and prejudice." ((in 68 reviews)); "There is No work life balance" ((in 33 reviews)); "Upper management is horrible at the Corporate level" ((in 21 reviews)); "Long hours and lots of pressure" ((in 16 reviews)); "Managers have no credibility with their employees." ((in 13 reviews))

What are employees saying about Alcoa layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Alcoa layoffs and their outlook for job security at Alcoa in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Alcoa locations?

Pittsburgh , Newburgh , Cleveland , Ferndale , Knoxville , Davenport , New Kensington , Point Comfort , Dover , New York , Alcoa , Torrance , Alcoa Center , Wichita Falls , Lafayette , Hampton , Massena , Chandler , Lancaster , LaPorte , Fullerton , Whitehall , Port Lavaca , Evansville , La Porte , Carson , City of Industry , Seattle , Morristown , Indianapolis

Alcoa reviews

3.8

76% would recommend to a friend

(950 total reviews)

Bill Oplinger

74% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

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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

1.0

Dec 25, 2015

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Plater chemical

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

The money and the experience

Cons

I wanted too stay longer

2.0

Dec 21, 2015

Great plant level management + dysfunctional diva executives in HQ = 50% stock decline

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Operations and plants: -Still has blue chip values, high attention to quality, integrity, and employee development -Above average pay and benefits. -If you are proactive you can shoot to the top fast (mostly because others are not very ambitious) HQ: -luxury offices, above average benefits. -There are still some exec's who are top notch. eg. CFO

Cons

Operations and plants: -so much room to leverage resource and technology -slow to act on opportunities HQ: -Diva culture with senior exec's parading their ego and constant infighting. Busy building bureaucratic empires and inflating titles to hide incompetence -turf wars. -ceo seems like nice guy but either cant control the turf wars or ignores them. -middle managers in HQ are following exec's example, so another generation of divas is in the making.

4.0

Dec 21, 2015

SO SO

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great People to work with.

Cons

Just poor management. Poorly handles conflicts between employees and management.

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