Vale Reviews

4.2

86% would recommend to a friend

(751 total reviews)

Shaun Usmar

64% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

Vale has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 751 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Vale employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Energy, mining, utilities industry (3.7 stars).

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751 reviews
2.0
23 Feb 2019

Some good things, but more bad than good

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Some genuinely nice co-workers. Low base pay but relatively good bonus. Excellent Benefits. That is all.

Cons

There are so many undesirable things I can list about this company, but I will focus on the core issues: - Employee retention is poor. Why? If you're not of that nationality, you get zero progression or transfer opportunities. Most managers favour their own and will replace and/or hire their kind to fill in senior positions in their global offices wherever possible. - Are you someone vocal, full of ideas and are able to conjure suggestions to improve workflow processes? Please try not to do that in Vale, not only will your ideas and suggestions get shot down by the management, you will be regarded as a "problem child". Prepare to kiss your future in Vale goodbye. The best part? That teammate of yours from the native land with similar ideas will get recognized! - Management is highly political. Go against them, and prepare to kiss your progression goodbye. - A good number of employees get soaked and influenced by the Vale culture. What happens? They'll learn to do finger pointing when things goes wrong.

3.0
22 Jan 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

1. Good exposure to various commodity markets as this is a diversified mining company 2. Remuneration and benefits are at par with the industry 3. A decent work environment given the scale of the company

Cons

1. Although a global company, culture still remains distinctly Brazilian 2. The old guard management is slow to adapt to change

5.0
8 Jan 2026

Very good company

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great salary and benefits Good work environment

Cons

Changes not being well communicated

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