Orica reviews

4.0

84% would recommend to a friend

(481 total reviews)
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Sanjeev Ghandi

93% approve of CEO

81% positive business outlook

Orica has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 481 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Orica employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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481 reviews
1.0
May 18, 2016

"Doom Loop"

Recommend
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Pros

The 'diversity campaign' has brought in much wider variety of incompetents than previous iterations. With no experience you can land a position far, far above your capabilities. You can work in a rural setting with an on-site parking lot radar operator & senior vp. Great co-workers.

Cons

Management at Watkins is spectacularly atrocious. A Nordstrom's suit and pompadour haircut will gets you tree years to vacillate, waffle and fold while impersonating a manager. Nice guy, though. Demonstrate that you can cause yourself grievous bodily harm on a bicycle - more than once - than certainly you're management material! Be a bi-polar micro-manager, that'll do nicely. Harrumph harrumph!!! Safety, quality, and customer service are #1, until it costs money, then well 'there's no budget.' Cube life - The Importants have offices, you get a cube, so they can count your hours and attendance. Also, lurch over on crutches to change directions for the 75th time on 'important initiatives' and berate you for lack of progress. Travel bans every year, annual restructuring, chronic turnover at all points below vp. Good-ol-boy/cult religion cronyism. Inconsistent salary structure, raises, bonuses - jobs that get 'appointments' that never got posted for employees. Embarrassing IT infrastructure, decades behind. Willfully neglected rolling stock, maintenance deferrals and replacement schedule extensions. Bonus - nah, not for you, and percentage lowered by email, with no recourse.

2.0
Mar 14, 2016

Strategy

Recommend
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Pros

Plenty of opportunities for Growth.

Cons

Narrow minded management. Self serving managers. Labor force is considered as a number, not an asset. No clear vision by the managers. Communication at its worst.

4.0
Feb 25, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Good pay and benefits. All my co-workers were like family.

Cons

Plant was pretty outdated but we still managed to be the most productive plant in the country.

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