Newmont reviews

3.6

61% would recommend to a friend

(573 total reviews)

Natascha Viljoen

65% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

Newmont has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 573 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Newmont employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Energy, Mining & Utilities industry (3.7 stars).

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573 reviews
2.0
Mar 13, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Very good leadership training and development opportunities for director and above. Very good pay and benefits packages and 4 day 10-hour/day work weeks in corporate office.

Cons

Leadership retreat invitations for executives were not extended to certain level or area of responsibility, but to whom was "in" or friends with the right C-Suite executives. Very much a boys club, though a few women have been promoted to senior position over last two years. Forced ranking during reviews even of small teams whose performance may exceed goals. Lots of very well-paid executives at the corporate office who are never held accountable for results.

1.0
Sep 25, 2024

A story of destruction

Recommend
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Pros

The human capital of industry experts, albeit disappearing fast.

Cons

Summary: Employee compensation and benefits are not competitive. There’s a lack of humanity and support from leadership. The office uses a hoteling system, making the environment feel impersonal, like we’re just here temporarily. With the high turnover over the past five years, no one knows anyone anymore. Company values seem like just rhetoric. Many in leadership will stab you in the back with a smile. Additional Information: To paraphrase The Smartest Guys in the Room (a book about the rise and fall of Enron), Newmont has become “not a place to have a long and happy career, but a place of mutual exploitation.” If you’re at the beginning of your career, run as far as you can from it, unless you’re ready to trade in your values and become a pawn in someone’s career game. The environment is psychologically unsafe. The CEO and his circle of yes-men fly on private jets, having no idea who you are, then pretend to be your best buddies when they’re with Board members in the office elevator. There’s an unusually high turnover of employees. A few highly respectable C-Suite leaders have left over the last couple of years – this speaks volumes. Promotions are based on the D&I hype rather than actual experience and track record. One C-suite executive was fired for multiple violations of conduct, yet somehow passed all the scrutiny of the executive hiring process just months before. A reorganization process has been underway for two years with minimal information shared and a roadmap that keeps changing based on the latest management consultant’s advice. Top leaders, including HR, are more interested in staking out political positions than in the employees’ well-being. This sets an example to operate not by what’s right but by what best fits the rules of the game. This is a stark contrast to the predecessor CEO’s management style and reputation. The current CEO and his close circle have destroyed so much value in the company’s asset base, strategy, ESG and safety record, and the fast-disappearing human capital of experts. It’s a sad story of value destruction in what was once a great American company.

1.0
Sep 12, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

There are no pros unless you're starting off in management. You will work a terrible 10-12hr schedule rotating days and nights.

Cons

This company bought a gold mine I've been employed with for 4 years, they have owned it for about a year now. Our introduction to our new Newmont Mine Manager started with him saying if you don't like how we operate leave you're NOT needed. We were fully self insured and did not have to pay for insurance (being paid less than the national average as miners) we are now required to pay for our insurance, being told it's better insurance (to keep our spirits up). It is not better insurance and we were not given raises to match current national wages (including other mines owned by Newmont). Our community relations department was closed and our company is doing much less for our community. We used to win big prizes at company picnics like vochures for a free set of tires, not anymore. Newmont has proven after offering more than asking price for our company, that they do not care about us the people who do the work in -30 degree weather, work 13-14 hour days far too often , bust knuckles, are unable to maintain friends outside of work because of our insane schedule.

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