Newmont reviews

3.5

60% would recommend to a friend

(572 total reviews)

Natascha Viljoen

100% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

Newmont has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 572 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Newmont employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Energía, minería e infraestructura pública industry (3.7 stars).

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572 reviews
1.0
Sep 12, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

There are no pros unless you're starting off in management. You will work a terrible 10-12hr schedule rotating days and nights.

Cons

This company bought a gold mine I've been employed with for 4 years, they have owned it for about a year now. Our introduction to our new Newmont Mine Manager started with him saying if you don't like how we operate leave you're NOT needed. We were fully self insured and did not have to pay for insurance (being paid less than the national average as miners) we are now required to pay for our insurance, being told it's better insurance (to keep our spirits up). It is not better insurance and we were not given raises to match current national wages (including other mines owned by Newmont). Our community relations department was closed and our company is doing much less for our community. We used to win big prizes at company picnics like vochures for a free set of tires, not anymore. Newmont has proven after offering more than asking price for our company, that they do not care about us the people who do the work in -30 degree weather, work 13-14 hour days far too often , bust knuckles, are unable to maintain friends outside of work because of our insane schedule.

1.0
Sep 25, 2014

Newmont Corporate is a disaster

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Many, many good people. Not all, but many.

Cons

Absolutely no leadership. The disconnect between the 'head' and the 'hands' is so great as to be difficult to fathom. Laughable if it didn't impact hard working folks - they keep having layoffs of 'the little people' but keeping full cadre of 'executives.' Without workers, what is all that management managing/

4.0
Aug 10, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Great pay, great benefits, great global & cultural exposure - Great executive leadership that are truly trying to do the right thing - A lot of really great people (intelligent, personable, etc) - Great non-promotional career development opportunities if you are self-driven - Ability to land a position insisting on more experience than you might have; as long as you are a quick learner, have great people skills, and are a good cultural fit into the team dynamic - they'll take a chance on you.

Cons

- Holy POLITICS batman! Too many high level Directors with little to no knowledge of the business they are in charge of - busy managing up and neglect actually being good managers. - I haven't had a good boss yet. Every manager has been primarily self-interested and focused on promotion with absolutely no focus on the best interest of their employees career development. - Terrible talent management. I've referred 5 of of the smartest people I know to open positions with no response from HR. Lots of missed opportunities; usually results in a high-level manager bringing in his/her buddies from a past company. - Once again, POLITICS. It may be the nature of a company this size, but I have never seen more grown men in high-level positions act like such children.

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