Gerdau reviews

4.0

81% would recommend to a friend

(757 total reviews)
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Gustavo Werneck da Cunha

89% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Gerdau has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 757 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Gerdau employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufatura industry (3.5 stars).

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757 reviews
3.0
Jul 7, 2014

Micro-managing

Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Affordable benefits. Rotating shift schedule has a built in 7 day break every month.

Cons

Environment is hot and dirty. I've had my pursuit of a BS degree referred to as a distraction, yet have witnessed the same guy helping others do homework during work hours. Employees are not treated fairly across the board, management has it's favorites.

5.0
Jul 7, 2014
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Company provides excellent opportunities to grow from within. Hourly employees generally start out as a laborer, but can quickly advance into other roles with higher pay. Monthly bonus is excellent, with targets very attainable, and often exceeded. Management pushes safety as top priority, with a good balance of production and EBITDA goals. Most people seem to work together very well, working as a team to reach targets. Excellent safety record, especially for the steel industry, going several months and some plants years without a lost time injury. Company awards employees for new ideas that improve processes or saves cost. Real feeling that when each employee succeeds, entire company succeeds. I've worked for a few steel companies in my career, and this one is by far the better of them. Realize that production goals and the companies bottom line are just as important as safety, they go hand in hand. If you want a job where you can simply show up and get paid for doing nothing, this is not the company for you.

Cons

Pay lower than most petro/chem companies in the same area, so turnover can be a problem. Sometimes the drive for safety is not communicated well enough to hourly employees, giving the impression to some that production goals are more important. Typical issues working with various personalities and union environment, but better than most of the steel industry. Not sure all employees/union are onboard with company culture. Limited community involvement.

3.0
Jul 5, 2014

Good Career Starter

Anonymous employee
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits but getting worse by the year Average pay for field of work Good opportunities for training and development from a low or entry level position Talented and hard working individuals that bring results easily stand out in the company

Cons

Poor prioritization and focus on many fronts - working on too much instead of prioritizing critical few leading to worse performance than necessary Focused more on reporting info up the chain than implementing countermeasures to fix problems Lack of accountability at many levels - you have to really mess up to get fired from here Lack of career advancement opportunities available above routine or improvement facilitator level poor strategic alignment - different departments working on contradicting goals Poor work-life balance (long hours - up earlier than most, home later than most, commute longer than most (if you want to live where other people live), on-call 24-7)

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