No direction, no plan - only outlook is next quarter - Anonymous, Engineering Howmet Aerospace Employee Review

CEO runs the place like a bank. Only thing that matters is keeping cost (headcount) low and FCF high. -> he's done a great job at it. Hard to be an engineered products company with no engineering R&D, but R&D costs money. Commercial organization has been gutted since the split. Anyone can get promoted at this point, just stick around until the next person leaves. Every shortsighted decision that can be made, will be made. Especially if it makes a $