AK Steel Holding Corporation Reviews

Current Employee – been working at AK Steel Holding Corporation as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Small business feeling in a large corporation

Cons – None too bad so far.

Advice to Senior Management – Listen to the little people.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at AK Steel Holding Corporation

Pros – There are no pros at all.

Cons – Upper management will treat you like dirt. You have no say on what goes on. Ak Steel hires the dumbest guys they can for upper managment.

Former Employee – worked at AK Steel Holding Corporation full-time for more than a year

Pros – Money is decent and they give tickets to ciderpoint.

Cons – Ridiculous safety rules resulting in no job security, bias in promotion, in your face disrespect by supervisors, frequent suspensions leading to loss of income, future health risk from inhaling coolant, weld fumes, generally horrible place to work.

Advice to Senior Management – Say what you mean and mean what you say. Warn employees what to expect in term of impossible to reach safety standards.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at AK Steel Holding Corporation full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Good pay for not having a college degree

Cons – Harsh environment, shift work, employees input not valued

Advice to Senior Management – With a mature workforce ( average 20+ years) there is a lot of experience to draw from. Unfortunately because of the finger pointing atmosphere, many are afraid to try new ideas that may help the company. There is always the threat of "corrective action" if something is done wrong or if a mistake is made

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at AK Steel Holding Corporation

Pros – you can make a lot of money and it requires no real skill to complete any of the jobs

Cons – money comes in high demand but you have to sacrifice your free time to get it

Advice to Senior Management – get an education

Former Employee – worked at AK Steel Holding Corporation as an intern

Pros – There is good pay and opportunity for advancement if you are the rare kind of person who can tolerate the cultural and literal atmosphere.

Cons – - Corporate management was hired in without experience with company, leading to poor decision making and unrealistic goals.
- Hourly employees treated poorly
- Poor working conditions (long term health issues ignored)

Advice to Senior Management – Advance people through the company for management. Training programs!

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at AK Steel Holding Corporation

Pros – Steelmaking is a very interesting process. If you are interested in working on projects, there are many challenging and interesting opportunities to enhance the process. There are a number of unique positions, so if you like change you can fill a number of different roles while staying with the same company.

Cons – If you do no want to be micro managed, do not work for AK Steel. It is insane that a department manager responsible for 250+ employees has a purchase approval level of $2.00. If you do not want to do nothing more than record observations of people, then do not be a Shift Mgr. at AK Steel.

Advice to Senior Management – Either trust and let your middle management manage, otherwise you might as well replace them with baby sitters at a much lower cost.

Former Employee – worked at AK Steel Holding Corporation

Pros – Technology used at plant is good

Cons – They treat people with 80's steel mill mentality

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at AK Steel Holding Corporation

Pros – Great compensation, benefits, and bonuses. Employees are loyal and fell like a big family. Great work-life balance. Extremely committed to safety!

Cons – Sometimes militant in enforcement of rules.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep up the good work! Continue to be fair to employees and they will continue to be loyal.

Current Employee – been working at AK Steel Holding Corporation

Pros – Ak gave me a good oportunity to gain valuable experience

Cons – Ak steel did not follow through with their promise to support me in grad school.

Advice to Senior Management – Follow through with the commitments you make

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend