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Vale do Rio Doce
3.7 of 5 22 reviews
www.vale.com Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 5000+ Employees
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Updated May 9, 2013

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Vale do Rio Doce President & CEO Murilo Ferreira

Murilo Ferreira

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81% of employees recommend this company to a friend
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Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais (Brazil)

Former Employee – worked at Vale do Rio Doce full-time for more than a year

ProsGood benefits package, good career perspectives, good support from company

ConsYou're expected to be available 24/7; working environment is quite agressive; quite bureaucratic and things take time to happen

Advice to Senior ManagementRespect the boudaries private life/work

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

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Current Employee – been working at Vale do Rio Doce full-time

ProsExcellent pay, bonus and incentives.

ConsEvery year there is a push for everyone to conduct career and succession. I have done so many courses yet I am still sitting where I started. What was the point of the exercise if there is no advancement for staff.

Advice to Senior ManagementGiven all the change in structure and redundancies in the two "recessions" - surely you would get better at giving people the sack - letting people go just before Christmas or the "surprise sacking" does not give the remaining people high morale to continue their best work.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Current Employee – been working at Vale do Rio Doce full-time for more than a year

ProsBig company and others itens that I prefer to no relate.

Consenvoirement, colleges, kind of work, empowerment, etc

Advice to Senior ManagementVale needs a huge change.

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

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Al Sohar (Oman)

Current Employee – been working at Vale do Rio Doce full-time for more than a year

Prossafety first good safety procedure i like this type of safe work

Consno nothing to say downside to work

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Current Employee – been working at Vale do Rio Doce

Prosgood sevice there all time

Consbad climate to worh in

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Current Employee – been working at Vale do Rio Doce

ProsDiverse job with directional focus

ConsLong term view of assets

Advice to Senior ManagementDefine direction first

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Former Employee – worked at Vale do Rio Doce

ProsVery talented and knowledgeable employees. It was a pleasure to work along side many individuals who had incredible passion for their work. Working at Vale is a great opportunity to learn from coworker with extensive experience and knowledge. Management is fairly good at recognizing and rewarding talent whenever possible.

ConsMany challenges as Vale becomes increasingly large. Need further incentives and development options to retain the most talent employees.

Advice to Senior ManagementCreate incentives for top talent to remain at Vale.

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Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Current Employee – been working at Vale do Rio Doce full-time for more than 3 years

Pros2nd world´s biggest mining company

Constend to restrict the oportunities due to China slow-down economy

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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Current Employee – been working at Vale do Rio Doce full-time for more than 7 years

ProsI would say career opportunities, working environment, training and fringe benefits are indeed the high pros of Vale do Rio Doce.

ConsLack of communication and difficulty in turning when facing market turm-oil. Does not really promote innovation, but rather prefers to do more of what has "always" been done. No clear HR support on career path.

Advice to Senior ManagementManagement should strieve to promote better communication. Should also really promote innovation on a structured way rather than the fear culture I have been witnessing.

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

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Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais (Brazil)

Former Employee – worked at Vale do Rio Doce full-time for more than a year

ProsVery stable company, with a huge market for it's products. Offers a career with a very fixed time-frame for each step of promotion.

ConsDoes not promote inovation nor employees with special talents or a faster step for learning and evolving within the company. Allows friendship interfear too much in promotion decisions.

Advice to Senior ManagementTry and evolve with the rest of the world, leaving the ancient concepts behind - try to turn yourself from a boss to a leader.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

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