ALSTOM reviews

3.8

76% would recommend to a friend

(4,408 total reviews)
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81% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

ALSTOM has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 4,408 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The ALSTOM employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Transporte e logística industry (3.5 stars).

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1.0
Jan 4, 2018

Worse company ever

Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

international markets coverage, decent products, competent people at the working level

Cons

Very bad company culture and ethics. Spent 6 years in the company in various roles and various countries. Met always the same issues regardless of the business unit: Skilled and passionate people at the working level and terrible people managing them especially at the senior level. The vast majority of the managers was dishonnest, liars, lacking courage to tell the truth or descibe the business reality to their managers/team. Always trying to look good to get their bonuses at the expense of the truth, taking all the credit for the work of their team, writing bad reviews or speaking bad of their direct reports and colleagues while smiling to them and pretending everything is perfect, saying one thing one day and denying it the day after, always changing the organization and internal business rules in a fire fighting mode with no anticipation and not enough time to carry it over, always finding reasons not to increase salaries or pay bonuses, trying hard to pay the least and below market especially when promoting to a higher position, never keep promises to their staff on promotion, trainings, bonus etc, etc...with the support of the HR department. People who refuse this culture get fired brutally. Others give their best for a couple of years and then get disgusted by all this shit. Very high turnover. If you have the choice, really just don't go there...

1.0
Dec 27, 2017

Harassment and Abuse

Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

There were pros while Power and Corporate were still in the group, but after the sale to GE all good left this company.

Cons

Employees are being abused and harassed with the knowledge and assistance of the top management and especially the HR. The unions are also in the game and are being paid to shut their mouth. The pig from the biggest ever scoop on Balance Ton Porc left the company with a HUGE check, Alstom not only kept him warm during all these years but at the end rewarded him for the good job done: in harassing morally and sexually employees. This company will soon die due to its culture, or rather the lack of it. And please Glassdoor, change the CEO, it’s no longer Kron since the sale to GE.

1.0
Sep 1, 2016

too stale

Anonymous employee
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

With the new contract coming in it will be stable work for a while

Cons

Three ways to get ahead: be a former employee who worked there before the big lay off; whine; or brown nose. A man with twenty five years of experience had to take a back seat to kids who weren't even born before that work experience started. HR and management will lie directly to your face. HR promised certifications within two weeks and a pay raise. Management promised the same. In reality it took two months to even begin the process and still didn't complete any certifications. "We're gonna do 'this." Never happened. "I'm gonna move you 'here." Never happened. Just enough of a lie to dangle the carrot and try to keep you on board, no explanation as to why those promises never happen. Too many guys entrenched. Union shop and the only thing that people care about is seniority, not skill. Whine about how long you've been there and been strung along and management will finally make an attempt to appease you. Being a union shop seniority and not skill or experience is rewarded. Guys who have been there for ages and are completely inept are still given the chosen jobs and the better pay rate.

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