May 12, 2014
Way too many hours - way too few people.
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Alcoa reviews
3.8
74% would recommend to a friend
Bill Oplinger
74% approve of CEO
64% positive business outlook
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5.0
May 12, 2014
Collaborative, Supportive, Rewarding Environment
Former employee, more than 8 years
Pittsburgh, PA
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook
Pros
- Great collaboration between teammates - Ample opportunity for growth - Rewarding environment based on performance - Terrific benefit package - Very diverse organization - Active volunteers in the community
Cons
- The company has changed a lot over the past 20 years so long term employees tend to have a more negative attitude
2.0
Apr 7, 2014
Recommend
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Business Outlook
Pros
The industry is very interesting. Benefits are average to above average. Place a very high importance on safety.
Cons
Work-life balance isn't good. You should be ready to give up lots of personal time without being compensated if you plan on working here. They need to increase staffing levels in many of the salaried positions but can't/won't. They'll ask you to do many different cost savings tasks, many of which are outside the realm of your discipline, not implement your ideas, then penalize you when it comes to performance reviews and bonuses because not enough money was saved. So not only have you wasted much of your time (which you could have devoted to the projects which inevitably get behind on unless you work extremely long hours) but you're ultimately punished for it. Salary increases were consistently delayed and minimal during my time there. Not much mobility within the company as far as I can tell - mostly lateral moves or moves with more responsibility but no added benefit beyond the title. They are "doing you a favor" by "promoting" you (even though they won't call it a "promotion.")
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