Hero to Zero in 5 years. - Production Worker Alcoa Employee Review

2.0
12 May 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Close to home. Reasonable wages and conditions.

Cons

Lack of trust and respect on both sides of has led to a culture of micromanagement where the experience of senior operators is regularly ignored. Short term view for cash has let the place run down to a poor standard with no real preventative maintenance anymore and band-aid fixes are the norm. Quality etc... we sell an inferior product at premium prices and i wonder if our customers really know what they are getting. Despite the company policy on safety production is always the first priority. Recent employment has gone almost solely to family and friends of managers with many not suited to blue collar/ shift work and placing extra pressure on teams. Many who made it through the last round of redundancies are now wishing they hadn't. Only see things getting worse.

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5.0
12 Apr 2026
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Pros

Company truly cares about its values and is willing to support projects that have high value

Cons

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1.0
7 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Ability to work 100% remote.

Cons

ITAS OTC Manager has no clue how to manage, encourage development, or plan growth. He was too busy trying to keep his skills up and not actually cultivate newcomers and manage well. I felt alone and not supported by my manager. The environment is not great for newcomers to the company. The team supposedly has so much work, but was able to lay me off after returning to work from health event. Complete and utter joke. They do not honor their core values. Beware of this place.

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