Rio Tinto reviews

3.8

76% would recommend to a friend

(2,428 total reviews)

Simon Trott

62% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Rio Tinto has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,428 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Rio Tinto employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Energy, Mining & Utilities industry (3.7 stars).

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2K reviews
3.0
Jun 30, 2015

Intense

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

When the market is healthy, it is a great work environment

Cons

When the market is down, it can be extremely stressful

4.0
Jun 26, 2015

Senior Advisor

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Rio Tinto has great pay and benefits. There are many opportunities to travel and learn new roles/skills. And they go through phases where they celebrate success well. Safety is a value and important to most levels throughout the company. Flexibility in the work schedule is a bonus. Very intellegent and skilled employees.

Cons

There is a stifling amount of politics, beurocracy, power plays, postulating and incompetence. Though they have made progress in diversity and inclusion, women are not promoted as men are, generally they are paid less than their male counterparts and are limited in progress into management and senior roles. Work-related mental health issues, burnout and fatigue are not managed within the company and affects many current and former employees. There is more focus on the 'perception' of the company/project/employee than the actual work/culture/individual performance.

1.0
Jun 23, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Ok salary,good working hours,good final salary pension (don't know how long for though) great shop-floor workers will stand by each other.

Cons

Management an absolute joke.Do not have a clue what they are doing.Compleat lack of direction.No respect for the people who actually do the work.Management to interested in making there bones no mater who they stab in the back.certainly not investors in people. To often it is left to shop floor workers to fix the mess of countless bad decisions made by people who should not be in the position they are in and are clearly out of their depth,because it was who they know not what they know got them into that position.

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