Gerdau reviews

4.0

81% would recommend to a friend

(757 total reviews)
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Gustavo Werneck da Cunha

89% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Gerdau has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 757 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Gerdau 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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757 reviews
1.0
Sep 11, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Buddy System Alive and Well. If you Golf, Hunt, Or Worked With Before You Are a Good Employee and Taken Care Of. If You Are Well Educated You Are Safe. If You Are Friends With Upper Management You Are Taken Care Of.

Cons

If You Work Hard and Are not in the Click You Are Expendable If you Go Out of Your Way To Help You Are Expendable. If You Help Others You Are Expendable. If You Are Not in a Managers Favor You Are Expendable. Since Guilherme Johanpeter took over the Company is moving backwards not forward,

1.0
Mar 10, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

just ok pay with incentive bonus, medical benefits,

Cons

They treat employees like slaves. I think this comes from the culture in Brazil where they are the best company in Brazil to work for. This isn't true for America. Gerdau performs employee satisfaction surveys once a year but uses the survey results to gauge employee frustration levels with the apparent goal of keeping it at the highest possible level. Workers want to quit. Constantly changing and obscure goals.

1.0
Oct 28, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

They do offer full benefits. Average insurance, 401k (%6) match.

Cons

What were once careers to grow and build are now all dead end jobs (unless you're Brazillian). The company demands %100 compliance and intimidates differing opinions. They demand %100 loyalty and dedication from their employees but will not hesitate to lay off employees at this first hint of a hit to earnings.The right hand never knows what the left hand is doing. The level of shrewd greed straight of of Brazil is astonishing. If you follow the steel market and stocks, there is a reason that Gerdau is consistently down while its competitors are up. Gross incompetence at the top levels of business strategy. Safety is preached and preached and for the safety personnel they really do try. They are quick to make sure that personnel have full access to PPE and safe job practices. All the while, management will literally let the building fall down around employees because it would cost production time and money to fix it right. Its truely a wonder that someone hasnt been killed due to poor conditions in the last few years. There are many, mindless, counter productive initiatives that hemmorage both time and money that yield meaningless results. Completely demoralized.

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