"You can't leap frog in your career" - Project Manager Alcoa Employee Review

3.0
22 May 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Product offering is vast and so are the type of jobs. You can almost always find a job that will meet your interests. Additionally, they always give internal candidates a fair shot at a position.

Cons

Don't fall to the impression that you can enter the company, continue your education and then make leaps and bounds in your career and expect salary to follow suit. Development is stifled although encouraged. Advancement is slow if you stay in one location. Expect to move, change business units if necessary, and to make small incremental changes in responsibility and pay to move yourself forward in your career.

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5.0
12 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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
Business outlook

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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