Orica reviews

4.0

84% would recommend to a friend

(481 total reviews)
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Sanjeev Ghandi

93% approve of CEO

81% positive business outlook

Orica has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 481 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Orica employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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481 reviews
1.0
May 18, 2016

"Doom Loop"

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Pros

The 'diversity campaign' has brought in much wider variety of incompetents than previous iterations. With no experience you can land a position far, far above your capabilities. You can work in a rural setting with an on-site parking lot radar operator & senior vp. Great co-workers.

Cons

Management at Watkins is spectacularly atrocious. A Nordstrom's suit and pompadour haircut will gets you tree years to vacillate, waffle and fold while impersonating a manager. Nice guy, though. Demonstrate that you can cause yourself grievous bodily harm on a bicycle - more than once - than certainly you're management material! Be a bi-polar micro-manager, that'll do nicely. Harrumph harrumph!!! Safety, quality, and customer service are #1, until it costs money, then well 'there's no budget.' Cube life - The Importants have offices, you get a cube, so they can count your hours and attendance. Also, lurch over on crutches to change directions for the 75th time on 'important initiatives' and berate you for lack of progress. Travel bans every year, annual restructuring, chronic turnover at all points below vp. Good-ol-boy/cult religion cronyism. Inconsistent salary structure, raises, bonuses - jobs that get 'appointments' that never got posted for employees. Embarrassing IT infrastructure, decades behind. Willfully neglected rolling stock, maintenance deferrals and replacement schedule extensions. Bonus - nah, not for you, and percentage lowered by email, with no recourse.

1.0
Feb 3, 2016

Red Flags

Recommend
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Pros

Flexible hours | Lots of opportunity for growth | Active work environment | On-the-job training provided | Ability to work independently | Creative thinking rewarded | Management really listens | Employees' opinions make a difference | Excellent communication | ... | I've worked with a lot of top-notch people during my time at Orica, and learned a great deal more than I ever expected.

Cons

Flexible hours (so long as they include and exceed 8am-5pm) | Lots of opportunity for growth (in patient endurance) | Active work environment (due to constant emergencies) | On-the-job training provided (by you) | Ability to work independently (outside of business hours) | Creative thinking rewarded (with endless mundane tasks) | Management really listens (to their superiors, and no one else) | Employees' opinions make a difference (to their job security) | Excellent communication (six months after the decision was made by someone in Australia who didn't care to understand the impact) | ... | I've worked with a lot of top-notch people during my time at Orica (because they didn't stick around very long), and learned a great deal more than I ever expected (such as the subtle intricacies of office politics).

1.0
Mar 5, 2018

Finance North America

Recommend
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Pros

Peers are great. They are all in the same boat.

Cons

The company does not support their employees; no on boarding, unrealistic objectives, overworked (50+ hours a week at least). CFO doesn't communicate to department. Lots of turnover. Many new employees are gone within the first few months. One manager moved from another state to come on board and was let go within 6 months. Many employees are actively looking for work outside of Orica and this is not a secret. This is the norm and has been for years. I would never recommend to a friend. They do NOT deserve a good employee - they will not do anything for you but want you to do more with absolutely no appreciation or compensation. No work life balance. Out in the middle of nowhere with rattle snakes. Plan on spending the day out on their campus because lunch options are 15 minutes away. Not many go to lunch because they spend lunches working to get at least 50 + hours in. Stressful! Poor morale! The environment makes you feel bad about yourself because you can't do enough for them. Many jobs are a combination of what you were hired for and another position.

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