Kaiser Aluminum Reviews

Pros

Steady job over the years. Overtime is generally available to work and isn’t mandatory. Great benefits (so far) with “Cadillac “ insurance for Union employees.

Cons

Rotating 12 hour shifts for new employees isn’t fun. No pay for skills. Company could contribute to 401k (match).

Pros

Professional environment and good benefits

Cons

Kaiser is a flat organization, which means there limited growth opportunities

Pros

Nice pace. Trust. Awesome people. Made in USA manufacturing!

Cons

Not the best benefits and salaries.

Pros

Strong knowledge of business and processes within employee base.

Cons

Not a much of a diverse culture or application of DE&I.

Pros

good benefits and salaries with reasonable work hours Very nice HR

Cons

Incompetent management Risky to work in the manufacturing line

Pros

People are amazing the work isn’t hard you can learn and move up fast

Cons

When using sick hours or vacation time or anything as such sometimes it takes a while for them to approve it or add the hours to your check

Pros

Pay is okay. Peers are professional and team oriented.

Cons

Corporate director level is toxic and unethical. Micromanaging, Dishonest, Adversarial

Pros

The work is satisfying. There is always a new broken challenge to try and conquer. The people that you'll work with might appear more grizzly but the people working with the union, and the company are very kind. Medical on the union side is great. Company side isn't as wonderful. The engineers and managers seem to be very knowledgeable in their feilds.

Cons

Vacation days are hard to get and it take a long time to actually get time off on the hourly side of work for Kaiser. For salary I am unaware of how their vacation policies are. Shift work is not for everyone. 12 hour rotating can increase your weight gain and decrease your moral. The pay is okay, but still not good enough to afford a home. Communications can be difficult. Resulting if repeating yourself to many people, many times. There is a higher turnover rate for maintenance as the pay is not competitive enough to keep those that are highly skilled.

Pros

The only Pro is that if you like overtime you’ll get more then you’ve ever wanted

Cons

This place is covered in oil nothing is clean, they have electrical boxes wide open covered in oil and other boxes covered in water and aluminum shards, they don’t train anyone really they just throw you into a job regardless if you know what you are doing

Pros

Base pay, OT pay, and vacation package for salaried employees is excellent.

Cons

Not enough employee training. Employees at all levels seem to be overworked. Some departments have very toxic management cultures, and the strong union does not help this. Employees get picked on if they fall short of expectations. Tuition reimbursement is very low compared to other industries.