Does Rio Tinto pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Rio Tinto employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Rio Tinto. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Rio Tinto?

75% of Rio Tinto employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Rio Tinto 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Rio Tinto?

Senior Advisor (57) , Analyst (56) , Engineer (53) , Project Manager (45) , Manager (42) , Principal Advisor (41) , Advisor (39) , Mining Engineer (35) , Business Analyst (32) , Specialist (32) , Project Engineer (28) , Superintendent (28) , Supervisor (24) , Process Engineer (22) , Machine Operator (19)

What are the pros of working at Rio Tinto according to real employee reviews?

"Good benefits and looks after employees" ((in 275 reviews)); "Good pay and friends with colleagues." ((in 200 reviews)); "Great people and team in Singapore" ((in 180 reviews)); "Good work life balance and" ((in 145 reviews)); "Good salaries and conditions lol" ((in 138 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Rio Tinto according to real employee reviews?

"No career progression path designed" ((in 29 reviews)); "Long hours and very Australia" ((in 29 reviews)); "The managers here are dangerous and reckless." ((in 23 reviews)); "Upper management is constantly changing." ((in 19 reviews)); "Hire and Fire practices and no job security" ((in 18 reviews))

What are employees saying about Rio Tinto layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Rio Tinto layoffs and their outlook for job security at Rio Tinto in 2026.

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Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto reviews

3.8

75% would recommend to a friend

(2,421 total reviews)

Simon Trott

59% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.6

Career opportunities

3.5

Culture & values

3.1

Senior management

Rio Tinto has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,421 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Rio Tinto 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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2K reviews

3.0

Mar 16, 2014

Australian gravy train

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- global footprint and pretty good salary/work ratio; great business class travel and ability to stay at expensive hotels

Cons

- Australian company pretending to be global, but run by Perth boys that have very little understanding of Africa, Latin America, etc. so they make terrible acquisitions and hire (and only listen to) people just like themselves and then scapegoat the outsider, non-Australians when things go wrong - lets internal politics cloud judgement and strategy; - a lot of lip service on diversity but there is no real management buy-in or monitoring, incentivizing of an open-minded culture and breadth of views -the more senior person wins even if they were the ones that were behind huge mistakes such as Alcan acquisition.

1.0

Oct 2, 2024

Don’t believe the sales pitch about how great it is at Rio

Projects

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The only good thing are the people working at the ground level and getting a redundancy payout if your lucky!

Cons

It was a great place to learn and develop, now you will only be blamed for the shortcomings of leaders who pretend to care, place unrealistic expectations and expect you to be happy when they push all the blame on to you while claiming credit for your hard work. They claim to want to know the issues with systems and processes then quickly make you out to be the scape goat for everything that happens after you’ve warned them of the existing failures.

1.0

Jan 4, 2023

Worst company in the World to work for

Journeyman electrician

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

None they don't care about their employees

Cons

Don't do it terrible place to work

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Jobs at Rio Tinto

Jóvenes Profesionales de Ingeniería

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Operador/a de Servicios Auxiliares

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Gerente de Excelencia Operativa

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