Alcoa Employee Job Reviews in the United States

What do you like about working at Alcoa?

"I learn a lot."

What don't you like about working at Alcoa?

"No life, too much hours and weekends."

"Rewarding."

What do you like about working at Alcoa?

"Given a lot of responsibility. Engineers make modifications to dies and fixtures based on our results."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Learn a trade such as welding or maching. The pay is worth the schooling."

What don't you like about working at Alcoa?

"The ability to learn new technologies such as capture 3d. Good work atmosphere."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Try to adapt better in this troubled economy."

What do you like about working at Alcoa?

"People."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Think about it."

What don't you like about working at Alcoa?

"Company closed down."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Bring the jobs back to Frederick."

"Close design in Midwest setting."

What do you like about working at Alcoa?

"I had a job, it used my experience and background. There were many challenges."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be ready for a group interview, and group decision-making and endless meetings."

What don't you like about working at Alcoa?

"It was sink or swim, the company and co-workers were of little help in getting up to speed."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I have little suggestion for current managers except that they take care in hiring. Also pay better attention to workers' work/life balance."

"I worked for Alcoa through Tata Consultancy Services. It is a complex and huge Oracle Shop."

"They make the best quality product on the market."

What do you like about working at Alcoa?

"Strong company."

"Outsourcing is abundant."

What do you like about working at Alcoa?

"Location, new office, friendly co-workers."

What don't you like about working at Alcoa?

"Was outsourced for cheaper Indian labor, management had no clue what my job was, no advancement opportunities."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Spend time in the role you're managing, see things and as if if you're in your employee's shoes."

"Decent co-op."

What do you like about working at Alcoa?

"Good place to get started in the workforce."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Managers were not open to new ideas."

What do you like about working at Alcoa?

"The professionalism it has."

What do you like about working at Alcoa?

"The freedom to be involved in many areas and work with great people whom you socialized within and out of work."

What don't you like about working at Alcoa?

"The location was not the most desirable."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The management was top notch and needed little coaching."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"AFS needs to break away from Alcoa's web team and create its own web team."

What do you like about working at Alcoa?

"I was able to really make a difference and refine the casting process of the blades."

"Alcoa is a good employer, but the plant in Rockdale was shut down due to economics."

What don't you like about working at Alcoa?

"Closed the local plant and only other possible option was to move from Texas to upstate New York."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Commit more to the workforce so that they will be more committed to the company."

"I enjoyed working at ALCOA - wish the plant hadn't closed so I could still be with them."