Rio Tinto reviews

3.8

76% would recommend to a friend

(2,431 total reviews)

Simon Trott

61% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Rio Tinto has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,431 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Rio Tinto employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Energy, Mining & Utilities industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

2K reviews
4.0
Mar 21, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good paymaster, work life balance, chance to work in a global environment.

Cons

Limited scope for career progression, scope of work limited to transactional, very frequent changes in organisation structure.

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Rio Tinto Response
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Thank you for sharing your honest and thoughtful feedback with us. We are continually working on ways to improve communication and have recently launched a new platform to make it easier for you to be made aware of internal job opportunities, in addition to our other existing career development tools. Please continue to have open and honest conversations with your leader about career progression, your local HR is also available for these conversations.
3.0
Mar 21, 2019

Senior Mine Engineer

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Reputation of the company. Nice locations. Diversity valued.

Cons

Management direction. Too much politics. No career progression and career development.

4.0
Mar 17, 2019

Health and Safety Advisor

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Developed systems and procedures, decent autonomy and salary, lots of sick leave if your that way inclined

Cons

Enormous amount of politics and sycophant circles.

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