ALSTOM reviews

2.5

29% would recommend to a friend

(3,110 total reviews)
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Henri Poupart-Lafarge

94% approve of CEO

29% positive business outlook

ALSTOM has an employee rating of 2.5 out of 5 stars, based on 3,110 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The ALSTOM employee rating is 29% below average for employers within the Transport & Logistik industry (3.5 stars).

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1.0
Jan 4, 2018

Worse company ever

Recommend
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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
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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.

2.0
May 4, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Opportunities to work all over the world, decent salary, good benefits, diverse co-workers, various amounts of business to work in

Cons

Communication between Management and employees is weak, hard to advance if not French, strict outdated policies that limits creativity and ingenuity, some management not qualified for job, political

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