Squandering enormous potential - Various Management Roles Alcoa Employee Review

4.0
Jan 9, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Reasonable pay and conditions Typically well resourced and mature organisation Good internal promotion/recruitment opportunities Support employee training (if it is in the budget)

Cons

Extremely bureaucratic and process driven (to own detriment) Management teams filled with Alcoa 'lifers' maintaining the status quo Support functions (procurement, HR, finance) often override/overrule operational or business requirements Lack of real employee engagement, social events, team building etc Acceptance of mediocre performance (and lack of performance management) of many staff leading to a culture of mediocrity and lack of accountability

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1.0
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Pros

Ability to work 100% remote.

Cons

ITAS OTC Manager has no clue how to manage, encourage development, or plan growth. He was too busy trying to keep his skills up and not actually cultivate newcomers and manage well. I felt alone and not supported by my manager. The environment is not great for newcomers to the company. The team supposedly has so much work, but was able to lay me off after returning to work from health event. Complete and utter joke. They do not honor their core values. Beware of this place.

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