Rio Tinto reviews

3.8

76% would recommend to a friend

(2,426 total reviews)

Simon Trott

61% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Rio Tinto has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,426 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
1.0
Sep 23, 2018

Manager

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good pay, good benefits for employees

Cons

Exceptionally poor systems and processes, which frustrate employees and leaders. Business claims it’s fantastic, but systems like AskHR are disgusting. They are slow, response is poor, result is often not what you request. The application of any common sense in relation to what you request is non exiting. Fellow leaders would literally slump in their chair when they knew that they had to use these systems to help their employees.

2.0
Sep 21, 2018

Mixed feelings

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Truly international company Some good people Desire to do the right thing Long and wonderful heritage

Cons

Politics are poisonous Top leaders are trying but uninspiring and not strategic Talent management is weak, ad hoc and not strategic Middle management is not trusted and bypassed Too much change, short term decisions and too many priorities Pay is lower than other major mining companies

3.0
Sep 17, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great local working teams; Focus on safety, health and environment; good pay and benefits

Cons

Constant fear of re-orgs and job instability; Poor upper management teams with too many people in upper management but not enough doing the actual work; Lack of transparency to outright lies when it comes to company decisions ;affecting jobs

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