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Q&A With Alcoa Employees
Our workplace is an inclusive and respectful environment, where we embrace change, new ideas and equal opportunity to succeed. We provide some of the most unique technical challenges in our industry and we are committed to achieving world’s best practice through our values to Act with integrity, Operate with excellence, and Care for people.
How employees describe working at Alcoa
Understanding heat stress, and break time.
Good place to work at
Change culture - very very arrogant and dumb
Great salaries and benefits, interesting but cyclical industry, good and smart people, hard-working culture
Review from HR Dept
they treat people like machines. It's not a great feeling. If you bring up safty concerns they try to finde ways to Fire
What it's like to work at Alcoa
- Alcoa employees generally work 10.0 hrs a day
- Employees at Alcoa report the work pace is moderate
- On a typical day, employees at Alcoa have 0 meetings
- 78% of Alcoa employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
- Alcoa employees most often take 10-15 paid vacation and sick days each year
- 33% of Alcoa employees report they are happy with their work life balance
- Alcoa employees never get valuable feedback on how to improve at work
- 56% of Alcoa employees call their work environment negative
Q&A With Alcoa Employees
IDX: 25 TOT: 72
How's the vacation policy at Alcoa?
1 week for 1 year. 2 weeks for 3 years. 3 weeks for 10 years.
Semi-fair
How's the work pace at Alcoa?
Extremely fast
Fast
How's the feedback proccess at Alcoa?
Non existent
Only tell you what they want
How challenged are you at Alcoa?
Hard to do “your job” when management has you chasing a different fire every single day
Daily
What are the team outings like at Alcoa?
Non existent
Never have any
What unique perks and benefits does Alcoa provide?
Nice discount thru Verizon
Other than getting a pay check every week none
What's one thing you wish you'd known before joining Alcoa?
That it is still a “boys club” and Alcoa/Arconic knows and reinforces it.
That there absolutely no communication between anybody and it makes it very hard to do a good job
How's the morale at Alcoa?
Low and disheartening
Very low with the uncertainty
What's the office layout like at Alcoa?
Cubicle and open
A joke
How long do the interviews usually take at Alcoa?
2 hours
Not sure now mine was 45 minutes
How do I do well in an interview at Alcoa?
Be confident and know your job
Answer Honestly
What do your coworkers need to improve and how could you work together better at Alcoa?
A new manager in ( A ) plant , one that don't look down his nose at you
Nonthing
What needs to change to make the company culture better at Alcoa?
A clean up crew to make rounds regularly
Better hours
What does the leadership team at Alcoa need to get better at?
To not treat employees like school kids.
Give breaks
What's going wrong and how can it be improved at Alcoa?
Moral is down better retirement something to look forward to , knowing you may have to work till you die is depressing
Hire more people
What are the differences between maternity and paternity leave at Alcoa?
There really isn't any maternity or paternity leave. You can use up to 12 weeks of unpaid FMLA for either. The mother may qualify for short term disability for a portion of that time, which would include some pay.
What is the dress code at Alcoa?
Business casual
What is the daily attire at Alcoa?
Business casual
What is Alcoa's policy towards pets in the workplace?
Only service animals.
What skills do you need to be successful in the Operations department at Alcoa?
Show up on time , give 100 percent, come to work with a good attitude
What do people at Alcoa think about the CEO? What do they do well and what can they improve?
They think we'll of him. He could spread the wealth a little
What are your coworkers at Alcoa like?
Hardworking
How does Alcoa measure success and growth in the Operations department?
It doesn't
Why work for Alcoa?
It pays the bills
How helpful was your Operations team when you were first hired at Alcoa?
Pretty good. Again, that aspect has degraded in the last few years.
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Should I work at Alcoa?
42% of Alcoa employees would encourage their friends to become coworkers, whereas 20% are neutral and 38% would not recommend working at Alcoa to their friends.
| 42% | Promoters |
|---|---|
| 20% | Passive |
| 38% | Detractors |
