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?

73% 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)); "Good people work there and they are positive." ((in 74 reviews)); "You must negotiate for a good salary because the raises are small but the performance bonus can be very good." ((in 40 reviews)); "Generally a very good work environment" ((in 16 reviews)); "employees are great and easy to get along with" ((in 14 reviews))

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

"Poor Management blinded by personal preferences and prejudice." ((in 70 reviews)); "There is No work life balance" ((in 32 reviews)); "Horrible upper management needs to be all fired" ((in 21 reviews)); "Hard work and long hours" ((in 16 reviews)); "Really poor work/life balance, pressure to put profits over quality, poor safety on the shop floor, managers don't listen to the people performing the actual jobs, bullying by management, loss of holiday/vacation time, not enough sick time to compensate for being overworked (and therefore, getting sick more often), management lies a lot." ((in 14 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

73% would recommend to a friend

(950 total reviews)

Bill Oplinger

74% approve of CEO

61% 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

2.0

Feb 12, 2011

Alcoa was once a great company that valued its employees - not these days though - what a shame.

Refinery worker

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Our workplace has good shift structures and good workmates, plus the money is quite reasonable and it's close to home.

Cons

We currently have poor management and a complete lack of direction exhibited constantly by mainly South African senior staff at the direction of South American senior management. Unfortunately neither group have any idea how to get the best out of Australians. They want us to be loyal and committed when there is absolutely no loyalty shown to their employees whatsoever. Lay-offs carried out because of some foreign ideology, permanent jobs go, casual workers replace them and the community suffers.

1.0

Feb 12, 2021

Not recommended

Senior engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Not sure there were any

Cons

Politics and cronyism and too many empires

4.0

Mar 5, 2020

Difficult to Progress

Mechanical engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

No pressure, good salary though

Cons

No easy to get into the inner circle

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