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      Alcoa

      Engaged Employer

      Alcoa reviews

      3.8

      76% would recommend to a friend

      (950 total reviews)
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      Bill Oplinger

      74% approve of CEO

      63% 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

      3.4

      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
      May 19, 2015

      Alcoa Technical Center

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great campus setting, very nice people, exciting projects, focused on new products and innovation, good work life balance

      Cons

      Very expensive health insurance plans, overall poor benefit plan, way too political, personality can get you further than technical capability (which is sad), needs stronger technical leadership on projects, ineffective performance management program which doesn't reward sufficiently for technical/scientific talent and contributions, this place has mastered the art of "manufacturizing" research (which has totally killed all the fun that research can be)

      3.0
      May 11, 2015

      Not so bad.

      Cnc machinist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      A lot of overtime Simple set ups Easy to read blue prints Good parking and lunch area. A few treated meals every now and then. Yearly bonus and raise.

      Cons

      Mandatory saturdays, No recognition, small raises. Hard to advance. Only way to get a good wage is by leaving and returning around a year later.

      4.0
      May 10, 2015

      Good Experience

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Everyone was easy to talk to. Senior Management made themselves easy to reach if problems were encountered

      Cons

      No real cons to share

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