ALCOA Employer Reviews

I was not micro-managed by management and found the co-workers to be very pleasant. Enjoyed managing others.

The worst of it all is managment. They make decisions without thinking of the end result, then blame employees. Mandatory overtime with only a 24 hour notice. Managment holds no one responsible and is only concerned with their own advancement, advancement up is very rare and usually outside hires. Safety is basicly ignored for production numbers, and – more... your told we are taking care of it but its never done unless managments butt is on the line. The pay is decent and the benifits ok, thats the only good thing to say about the company. – less

They only thing they care about are the production results, the building can be burning to the ground, but you better meet your production requirements!

Good paying job with good benefits. Could be physical at times but overall not difficult. Very hard to work this job with a family.

Unless you are one of the product engineers you options are very limited.

Former Dover, NJ Etcher. You get told to be creative and find ways to be faster and when you do they write you up. You ask too many quality questions and they gang up on you saying thats not your job. You try to follow their verbal instructions and if you deviate for faster production, you get written up . They take away your vac time only to help the – more... plant. After all that is done, they still cant make profit? I was fired because I rocked the boat. Who can you go to for help ? No HR Department or big turnover of management. If you are not a quiet person and says yes to everything they want... YOUR FIRED and I lost 7 weeks for insubordination on my unemployment and was forced to cash out my 401k. Dont do it......they can care less about your hard work and sacrifices. – less

I LOVED MY JOB AT ALCOA. GREAT PLACE TO WORK ONLY DOWN FALL ARE THE SHIFTS AND HOURS. I WAS ON THIRD AND ON A 7 DAY SCHEDULE WITH 1 REAL WEEKEND OFF.

This is not run like the other "Howmet" plants, this plant is a scary world of it's own. Current Senior Managers are dictators. They rule with an iron fist by raising their voices, belittling peoples. Yes, this truly is "the good ol' boys club". And do not look to HR for help, their members of this club too. So many good, really good employees have – more... gone through this and are afraid to say anything or stand up for themselves as they need their jobs. This could be such a great place and there are so many opportunities for this facility with the right management. They had someone who could have taken this plant to great heights and they let him go. He was the best thing that ever walked through the doors. They are letting really good people go for no reason. I've watched this for too long. – less

Alcoa was the best company in Vancouver a person could ever work for. With multiple departments you could learn everything about aluminum, so I did.

Days at work would go well. I learned alot about life and how to do a good job. Management as a whole was pretty good. My co-workers as a whole were very good and easy to work with. The hardest part of the job was when it got boring. The most enjoyable part of the job was when it was challenging.

I worked an average of 50 hours per week, with weekends off. I learned computer programs such as Oracle and IQN while performing daily job duties. My direct manager is a very knowledgable individual and a lot of fun to work with. The most difficult part of my job was knowing all the work I was doing in reconciling contractor time, would probably never – more... be utilized as intended when I was hired. I really enjoyed working with Alcoa, my boss and co-workers are a great bunch of people. – less

ALCOA is a huge company but somehow each person feels important. My boss made sure of that. The benefits are great, the opportunities are wonderful and the people that work there are intelligent, knowledgeable people with friendly attitudes who are always willing to help out, and this is what makes this company so great.

I came to Alcoa with the expections that I would advance my career but they stuck me in a plant and this is where I will be until I find a new job. They don't care about individuals who are mid-level career, they only care about those individuals who recieve incentive pay. Very political work environment and male oriented. No work/life balance

Everybady working hard,we have pool table to play during breaks,people are nice,management good etc....

it was a fun job to work in with the staff being very friendly. management was very understanding

This company is a large fortune 500 company that does a lot of heavy manufactoring. Management is great, and have an open door policy. As a safety professional, I performed mostly industrial hygiene types of activities such as air and noise sampling, as well as respirator fit testing. As an intern, the company even paid me a bonus based on the companies – more... performance for the quarter, which was nice. This company is the highest paying company that hires recent college graduates. – less

Enjoyable fun atmosphere to work. The hardest part of the job is grinding while meeting dead line(s).

Good place to work !! overtime, Free meals, uniforms gifth cards and more.

Worked for this company since 1978. They treated me fairly and gave my great opportunities for advancement. Went from ground floor to Upper management with really great benefits. Would still work for them but they sold our company so I retired from them and worked for the other company.

Worked for this company since 1978. They treated me fairly and gave my great opportunities for advancement. Went from ground floor to Upper management with really great benefits. Would still work for them but they sold our company so I retired from them and worked for the other company.