ALSTOM reviews

3.8

75% would recommend to a friend

(4,406 total reviews)
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Henri Poupart-Lafarge

81% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

ALSTOM has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 4,406 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The ALSTOM employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Transportation & Logistics industry (3.5 stars).

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4.0
Apr 18, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Talent is rated more than experience Good positive working atmosphere Good balance between work and personal life

Cons

Internal processes are terribly slow Inter department co ordination is poor and lead to unnecessary delay in decisions at time Too much centrally controlled

1.0
Apr 14, 2013

Avoid at all costs -- this is NOT a good place to work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

None, unless you're a young engineer looking for a few years' experience. But once you have that experience, move on. There are better places to work.

Cons

Highly political, siloed organization, constant re-organizations and restructurings with the same incompetent managers being moved around and promoted. Company is a revolving door with a high turnover and loss of good talent. Many, but not all, of the managers behave like elitist arrogant snobs, treating their subordinates and assistants like they're from the lower castes. Some are psychotic, regularly screaming at and abusing people, even throwing things at them as well exhibiting overt racism towards certain nationalities. Mobbing is commonplace in this company as well, and seems to be sanctioned by the corporate culture despite what is written in the company policy. In Switzerland, none of these behaviors mentioned above are illegal, and thus, the victim has no legal recourse whatsoever. Involving HR will accomplish nothing as their sole raison d'être is to protect the management, and they will add insult to injury by blaming the victim.

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