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
1.0
Apr 19, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Great hourly employees that want to make a difference.

Cons

Bad management and no support from HR which is unusual because HR is normally the group to go to for help, coaching, and support to help people succeed. Dictator style upper management that feels this is the way to treat people. Salary employees have been there so long they feel this is ok. Some know its not right but are afraid to say or do anything for fear of losing their job. They're just hoping the next senior manager will be better and so on after that. Not so in today's professional world. Also not a good place for a woman to work and advance or be treated as a professional. No support at all. It's really sad because the plant has some many opportunities for improvement, they just don't follow up or allow you to do them. They say they do but in reality they don't. Not a good environment to work in. You feel like you can do such much to help make a difference and you can't. So many employees that have left there for the reasons above are so much happier and are doing so much better. It truly is a man's world here which is very sad.

1.0
Apr 11, 2013

Disappointing experience with a poor company

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Alcoa is a huge company that isn't going anywhere. If you're looking to be invisible and just do your work, you can succeed, as long as you don't want to move up.

Cons

Alcoa doesn't trust or listen to their employees. The management is out for themselves instead of creating a collaborative environment to help everyone succeed. If you don't bend over backward to make your boss look good, he won't like you.

3.0
Mar 27, 2013

Great place to work

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Many opportunities for college grads

Cons

Technology is catching up to the 50+ year old equipment

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