I found Newmont to be old school and at times extremely disfunctional. - Anonymous employee Newmont Employee Review

1.0
Sep 17, 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

There are some really smart, good people at Newmont. You get to do some cool potential travel and the pay is about 30% above market..

Cons

Very slow, old school, old boy culture. Hard to make decisions and get work done. Salary and benefits are set up as "golden handcuffs" -- stock options vest over three years, kind of forcing you to stick around despite the disfunction. While the culture, mission, and values look great on paper, this can be a very low-trust environment, leading to churn, constantly revisiting decisions, and other frustrations.

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5.0
Jun 8, 2026
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Pros

Great pay and benefits Strong safety culture Flexible work schedule Strong talent pool

Cons

Often short-sighted in approach Work/life balance is challenging Cyclical nature of mining led to frequent layoffs

2.0
Oct 25, 2025
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Pros

Good Benefits and great pay, pension, 6% 401k match

Cons

Newmont has gone through 5 layoffs in 5 years. The most recent is currently ongoing with an estimated 3000 people globally being let go. The last layoff ended in April and employees were told that it would be the last one for awhile. This layoff was announced in August, so 4 months is all they went without starting another one. The employees don't trust the company anymore because of the repeated lies about layoffs. Newmont says they aren't making money with gold at record highs yet they are building all new offices in Australia and Costa Rica that are state of the art. If you have the choice go somewhere else. The other big issue is that no one in management takes harassment or retaliation seriously. Even when it's a Senior Manager harassing their employees (me). I went to HR and the managers boss, everyone swept it under the rug. The manager then retaliated against me for going to HR, I brought that up to HR and was told "no he is allowed to say what he wants and pull you from any task for any reason".

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