Cool industry, great jurisdictions, troubled culture - Director Newmont Employee Review

2.0
Jan 12, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Newmont prioritizes safety, community relations and integrity. They get involved in leading edge technology for the industry. Benefits are great with bonus, 401k, and pension, and the healthcare benefits are strong.

Cons

A little too much focus on “shiny new toy” - it’s all about implementing things fast and cheap, which means quality issues are just left as a burden for the business to figure out. We could be a lot more cost-effective if the business wasn’t constantly figuring out workarounds just to get their jobs done. IT projects are particularly bad for being all about system/technology and not inclusive of business process. Promotion opportunities are scarce - most people go elsewhere to get a job at the next level because Newmont hired senior positions externally. With resources fairly evenly split between northern and southern hemispheres, if you’re in a global role, plan on daily extended hours to work with people on the other side of the world.

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5.0
Jun 8, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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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
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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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