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      Alcoa

      Engaged Employer

      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

      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
      3.0
      Aug 17, 2018

      Mixed opinion

      Procurement manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good salary Good infrastructure (location, fit-out, IT equipment)

      Cons

      A large number of leaders fail to empower employees and continue to micro-manage without using full delegation authority Company is allegedly going through a transformation to remove complexity/bureaucracy and increase productivity. Whilst this is correct for some areas/departments, the commercial/procurement area have a growing number of controls/restrictions leading to a general feeling of distrust from management towards employees. Lack of focus on coaching/personal development of employees who often feel that no career progression is possible

      2.0
      Jan 3, 2012

      They are the best when it comes to safety but they do not know how to run Traco, a window company

      Team leader traco/alcoa
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      safety is their number one and only concern. They communicate their profits/losses.co workers are the best. vacations sick days fmla.

      Cons

      Alcoa is running our company (TRACO ) to the ground. They approve defective windows to go to the customer then they complain about the amount of field work.They make us work OT and then we wait for metal. They change our shifts like a person changes socks. The pay is horrible, the benefits are alot worse than what we had with a family owned business. They give us unattainable goals to meet.

      2.0
      May 23, 2011

      More politics than Washington D.C.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      3 or 4 percent more pay than national average. Decent benefits. Room for promotion "IF" you want to go into a production management job.

      Cons

      Limited technical job growth. Only way to get decent promotions is to go production. Too much politics. Plants in are (four of them) all pay 15%+ more on salary with comparable benefits so we attract mediocre employees at best which makes it difficult for the good employees.

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