No direction, no plan - only outlook is next quarter - Anonymous, Engineering Howmet Aerospace Employee Review

2.0
20 May 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Tons of people that deeply care, willing to help. Great products with a competitive advantage. Tons of opportunity

Cons

CEO runs the place like a bank. Only thing that matters is keeping cost (headcount) low and FCF high. -> he's done a great job at it. Hard to be an engineered products company with no engineering R&D, but R&D costs money. Commercial organization has been gutted since the split. Anyone can get promoted at this point, just stick around until the next person leaves. Every shortsighted decision that can be made, will be made. Especially if it makes a $

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5.0
6 May 2026
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CEO approval
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Pros

Everyone at the company has treated me respectfully.

Cons

Communication is mainly through calls, not given email information.

4.0
30 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Somewhat free to work autonomously and work the best way you can without too much intervention from senior leadership.

Cons

Enough is almost never enough so very little job satisfaction.

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