Horrible place to work these days - Anonymous employee Orica Employee Review

1.0
Sep 23, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good health benefits, which is probably the only reason to stay. Lots of the reasons to join Orica have been taken away in the last 6-12 months

Cons

No training, no work life balance, demand you are at your desk 8-5 every day, despite being a global company where I am regularly taking calls from 5am through to 9pm and traveling constantly on weekends. Bonus and raise structure recently changed to make it hardly worthwhile. They claim to offer a 20% bonus, but in reality it is structured to make it impossible to get anything more than around 6%. Internal promotions have been stopped as policy, bringing in outside people instead of growing internal talent. All anyone talks about is how to get out.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
May 12, 2026
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Pros

Global leader in segment, safety procedures, and values.

Cons

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