Does Gerdau pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Gerdau employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Gerdau. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Gerdau?

80% of Gerdau employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Gerdau 3.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Gerdau?

Estagiário (276) , Operador De Produção (109) , Estagiário Superior (94) , Operador (88) , Analista (78) , Operador De Máquinas (66) , Especialista (64) , Coordenador (58) , Jovem Aprendiz (56) , Gerente (54) , Estagiário De Engenharia (52) , Vendedor Externo (42) , Estágio Superior (33) , Analista Pleno (32) , Assessor Técnico (31)

What are the pros of working at Gerdau according to real employee reviews?

"Good pay $30 and up job with highschool over time is always dbl time easy to make 80" ((in 78 reviews)); "40 plus hours good benefits" ((in 72 reviews)); "Good people to work with and learn from." ((in 39 reviews)); "The organization implements best practices from its worldwide experiences and focuses on safety which is good for a potentially dangerous industry." ((in 20 reviews)); "A lot of great coworkers" ((in 15 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Gerdau according to real employee reviews?

"Long Hours and sometime on weekends" ((in 19 reviews)); "Upper management in Tampa is absent and does not spend time with the team when visiting." ((in 17 reviews)); "No work life balance and it's not what you know or what you do but more who you know and what you do for them." ((in 15 reviews)); "Toxic managers that are like wolves particularly the accounting manager." ((in 12 reviews)); "Poor communication" ((in 8 reviews))

What are employees saying about Gerdau layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Gerdau layoffs and their outlook for job security at Gerdau in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Gerdau locations?

Tampa , Midlothian , Monroe , Petersburg , Jackson , Charlotte , Fort Smith , Jacksonville , Cartersville , Saint Paul , Knoxville , Beaumont , Dallas , San Diego , Jackson , Nashville , Wilton , New York , Detroit , Rancho Cucamonga , Plainville , Roanoke , Lansing , Paragould , Canton , Los Angeles , San Francisco , Lancaster , Perth Amboy , Salt Lake City

Gerdau reviews

3.9

80% would recommend to a friend

(217 total reviews)

Gustavo Werneck da Cunha

81% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

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4.1

Culture & values

4.1

Diversity & inclusion

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.4

Senior management

3.4

Career opportunities

3.3

Work/Life balance

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3.0

Nov 30, 2017

Interesting place to work ruined by constant company/union conflicts

Engineer/supervisor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Interesting work environment seeing steel being made, never boring. Great opportunity for motivated engineers to make improvements. Great opportunity to learn technically (mechanical engineering and metallurgy), and inter-personally. Good work/life balance (straight 40 hr weeks), flexible start/stop times. Colorful people. Opportunity to work with the entire range of the business operations. Decent pay with bonuses based on production.

Cons

Huge "us vs. them" mentality between union and company workforce made cooperation on anything difficult. Felt a little like living in a dysfunctional family made up of too many teenagers. Siloed operations with poor cooperation between melt shop, rolling mill, quality, and logistics. Lots of finger pointing between operations. Limited technical ladder.

1.0

Nov 7, 2017

Circular Firing Squad

Senior business analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

At one time this was the Chaparral Steel mill, the largest and most profitable mini steel mill in the world.

Cons

Gerdau is a Brazilian owned company. They have their vision, which over the past 3 years has been to replace as much management as possible with people from Brazil. The mill now operates at 40-60% of capacity. Compensation was great at one time but over the past 7 years has gone downhill. Every Year, at least twice a year, there was a purge of 5-10 people in IT. This year in July of 2017, it was massive.

4.0

Nov 6, 2017

Good place to work for.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits, decent pay, bonuses

Cons

Work fluctuates with the construction market.

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