ArcelorMittal Reviews

Current Employee – been working at ArcelorMittal full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – High-paced environment especially if working in production unit. Phenomenal learning opportunities.

Cons – Life outside work may suffer depending on position. 16 hour days and weekends not uncommon.

Advice to Senior Management – More transparency with lower levels of management.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at ArcelorMittal

Pros – Brand recognition
Interact with workforce from poland, romania, czech republic, france, luxembourg, india, venezuela, brazil, china... you name it
Very close to the world market movers

Cons – Still complicated due to $32B merger many years ago
Forced rationalization always comes too little, too late
Indebted company, "junk" status

Advice to Senior Management – Cut out some of the tectonic layers of non-operations middle management ("technical advisors")
Get rid of the centralized system for SAP administration and logistics chartering
Stop flooding the domestic US market with lower quality material

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at ArcelorMittal full-time for less than a year

Pros – People are nice to each other, job content is interesting, not stressful

Cons – Language is not so international, French speaker has more advantages

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at ArcelorMittal

Pros – Each individual has the privilege to take a decision and be responsible, HIgh integration through the supply chain

Cons – Bad financial standing because of their financial system,

Advice to Senior Management – cascade down your vision and strategy and really integrate with workers, not only through color banners and speeches, but through daily discussion

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at ArcelorMittal full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Large and diverse corporation which provides good exposure across different regions and cultures
Good training ground and excellent opportunities to gain experience in all fields

Cons – Poor communication between senior management at group level and the local sites may affect the decision making process and may lead to inadequate deployment of company strategy.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at ArcelorMittal full-time for more than a year

Pros – Good training experience
Wide knowledge base

Cons – Old plant
Inflexible management
Vaal is a boring place

Advice to Senior Management – Be flexible and allow creativity

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 ArcelorMittal full-time

Pros – Good pay and good exposure

Cons – Less support from head office and no training provided at sales office

Advice to Senior Management – The management shall reveal more in terms of future strategy and maintain close communications

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at ArcelorMittal full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Large global company - if in the right group you'll get exposed to a wide range of people and cultures.

Cons – The company moves at a glacier's pace. No entrepreneurial spirit. Too many layers. No freedom to try anything even if you have market data to support.

Advice to Senior Management – Try being "leaders" and "coaches" and not just strict managers.

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

Former Employee – worked at ArcelorMittal as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Nice paycheck and mentality.
A very nice training available.

Cons – Seriously, no cons to mention!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at ArcelorMittal full-time for more than a year

Pros – They want to be sytstematic with all international accredations

Cons – No identity for the intelligence and hard work

Advice to Senior Management – They should not listen to bad people who always want to destruct the management

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