Rio Tinto reviews

3.8

76% would recommend to a friend

(2,429 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 2,429 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).

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2K reviews
4.0
Apr 28, 2016

Good multinational

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great salary, good international exposure and benefits, multicultural environment

Cons

lots of pressure, very rigid organisational structure, top-down management

2.0
Apr 26, 2016

Meh.

Recommend
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Pros

Good people to work with. Good work-life balance. Fairly good performance incentives. Strong culture for promoting safety. Stable ish lifestyle.

Cons

Managers are incompetent. People with skill and brains are not recognised. Rely too much on conventional methods. Safety culture becomes an excuse of saying how to NOT do things rather than how to do something.

2.0
Apr 25, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Over-the-market compensation Office location Cultural diversity Several business units located in the same office gives you a chance to network outside of your department

Cons

Risk-adverse environment : you have to prove your worth on the same job for 3+ years to be given a shot at a more challenging task/project The good/skilled ones leave, the bad ones stay Ethnic bias in promotion to upper management Gender bias in promotion to middle management (women over men) Dull tasks made even duller by uninspiring management No travel budget Very political environment Weekly meeting are always the occasion to have a good laugh between employees : General Managers show how out of touch with reality they are, everyone talks about his project when clearly no one else knows what they are talking about, apathy is all around

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