Not what it used to be... - Anonymous employee Alcoa Employee Review

2.0
Nov 7, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Pay was pretty good. Decent opportunities for development until the credit crunch started. Many good and committed co-workers.

Cons

Very "shareholder driven". Has completely lost lean management focus. Engaging people in maximizing customer value and minimizing waste is simply a thing of the past. Completely focused on squeezing maximum "profits" each month, seemingly without any concern for the future, equipment reliability or people. Safety and community values now seem to be pure window-dressing. People who nobody likes and have not achieved any significant results (outside of bogus excel sheets) get promoted way too frequently. Non performance at management levels is almost never dealt with, and when it is, it is usually by moving the non-performer to a different role, frequently promoting the person. Messengers are frequently shot and the ethics and compliance process is a cruel joke. The 4Es and a P performance management process is at best an absolute waste of time, at worst highly damaging, as people frequently put their own performance goals ahead of the interests of the organization and their co-workers.

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Cons

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