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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: 50 TOT: 75
What does the ideal candidate in the Operations department look like at Alcoa?
They are looking for experience and credentialing/education.
How much diversity is there among employees at Alcoa?
There is diversity but not so much on the management level.
How does Alcoa make decisions around promotions?
Only males
Who did you meet with during your interview? And how long did it take to hear back from Alcoa?
I met with the back end manager and hr dept. I called them back after a week.
How secure do you feel at your job at Alcoa?
Split 50/50
How do you feel about going to work at Alcoa everyday?
Lately not that great it used to be a great place to work!
How difficult is it to maintain a social life while in your job at Alcoa?
Not that bad
How would you describe your overall experience interviewing at Alcoa?
Many moons ago it was very good. Now some of the younger work force should have been never hired
How's the leadership on the Finance team at Alcoa?
Leadership has unrealistic expectations and wants employees to set unrealistic goals at 125% with hopes of reaching 100% by aiming high, meanwhile totally disregarding the effect that increasing morale would have on goal achievements. Set attainable goals in increments to lead you toward your long-term goal. Unmotivated employees will never reach the goals set forth. Additionally, the leadership has unrealistic expectations for deadlines. Everything needs to be done ASAP (as in now). They have no clue what it takes to fill a forecast and plan together at the plant level. We all wish it was as easy as snapping our fingers, like the finance leadership seems to think.
How's the leadership on the Product team at Alcoa?
In our branch in Fullerton, leadership is very poor, thanks to the workers that we do have , with good skills and experience we get the job done, and and a good reliable and good quality product, there are just a few leaders that could give you a helping hand , but most of them are worthless, only good to pressure workers and take the credit for the job well done from the workers, cause the workers never, get any credit for doing, a well done job!!
Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation at Alcoa?
They don't Promote with in, ( apprenticeship) , Better retirement,
What is the best part about your compensation package at Alcoa?
401 k
How's career growth and advancement at Alcoa?
44% of the same employees also feel like Alcoa is invested in their career growth. On average, majority of employees do not have a mentor to help them navigate their career at Alcoa.
How are the managers at Alcoa?
Alcoa employees rate their manager a D or 58/100 and the majority believe their manager truly cares about them as a person. Most of the employees (69%) also feels pretty comfortable providing negative feedback directly to their boss.
What's the pay like for employees at Alcoa?
Alcoa employees rates their pay and overall compensation a B or 68/100. 66% of employees believe they are paid fairly and 47% of employees get raises every year.
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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 |
