Rio Tinto reviews

3.8

76% would recommend to a friend

(2,427 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 2,427 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
Aug 21, 2015

focus on people

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

good pay, strong benefits, close to home

Cons

long hours, high stress, sometimes difficult people to manage

3.0
Jul 26, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

very strong safety culture (important in mining, eh?) really values competence pays well

Cons

pays contractors well, but beats them up take-it-or-leave-it attitude in negotiations slow and not innovative...victim of its size and the long minerals boom

5.0
Jul 20, 2015

Working for zero harm

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great people great roster family friendly company that looks after us

Cons

Not many cons just some people abuse the roster by not showing up as week on week off can't get any easier really

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