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    48%
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    Work/Life balance
    3.3(85 ratings)
    Career development
    2.6(85 ratings)
    Benefits & perks
    3.3(85 ratings)
    Management
    2.4(85 ratings)
    Working environment
    3.0(85 ratings)
    Diversity & equal opportunity
    3.1(85 ratings)
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    1.0
    Graduate Mining Engineer
    Nov 2025
    Boddington WA 63901 to 2 years in the role, former employee
    Undertraining first year of coming in with no support. Don’t waste your time if starting a new role,
    The good thingsGood people and if not in purple circle you are not helped.
    The challengesUnderstaff personnel always confused with pressure to plan work and management unable to resolve issues. If living far roster is not great.
    2 people found this helpful
    1.0
    Analyst
    Dec 2024
    Perth WA 60003 to 4 years in the role, former employee
    Very limited opportunities
    The good thingsNot very many things to list here, the "perks" are pretty standard across the industry, and not unique to South32.
    The challengesMany....... absolutely no career progression, think of South32 as a career stepping stone, get in and out as quickly as possible recommend 18 months maximum.
    4 people found this helpful
    2.0
    Drill and Blast
    Oct 2024
    Boddington WA 6390
    coworkers great, bosses are not very professional
    The good thingsGood coworkers, always willing to help each other out
    The challengesunderstaffed with high pressure put on the few people there. lack of organisation and people skills from supervision. always a struggle to get anything organised. Vehicles often unsafe to operate and higher ups play the blame game when issues are raised instead of looking into solutions
    4 people found this helpful
    2.0
    Electrical Technician
    Nov 2023
    Katherine & Northern Australia NT9 to 10 years in the role, former employee
    Disgraceful place and the employees i blame more as they do not help themselves
    The good thingsNothing but the roster
    The challengesHaving 23 year old supervision
    2 people found this helpful
    1.0
    Finance Role
    Jan 2023
    9 to 10 years in the role, former employee
    When there is 3 staff left the same role in one year, the management team thinks the problem is the staff not being loyal. As a past employee, I am truly inspired by the management skills from the finance leadership team.
    The good thingsNice view from the office.
    The challengesMicromanage from the manager
    9 people found this helpful
    1.0
    Manager
    Dec 2021
    5 to 6 years in the role, former employee
    Annual restructuring processes
    The good thingsFlexible working Good office layout
    The challengesPoor executive management Company driven by PowerPoint bulletpoints Focus is on “how” people work, not whether things actually get down
    6 people found this helpful
    2.0
    Officer
    Sep 2021
    1 to 2 years in the role
    Difficult, however gave excellent industry experience
    The good thingsExcellent wages paid. Great bonus. Really good experience within industry.
    The challengesManagement and employees don't see eye to eye. Culture differences between those at the Mine site, those based in the office and those in Perth headoffice poses the feeling of "us and them", causes frequent frustration. High workload and poor work/life balance (often start before 6am and work until after 5pm).
    8 people found this helpful
    3.0
    Maintenance
    Sep 2021
    9 to 10 years in the role
    Great opportunity comes at a cost
    The good thingsFantastic camaraderie outside of upper management Interesting and diverse types of work Potential for Different career paths to follow all in one operation. Select leadership genuinely cared about you and wanted you’re success
    The challengesUpper management misalignment and lack of integrity Intense and perpetually stressful working environment No amount of effort was enough - always wanted more A lot of toxic, entitled people who have never worked anywhere else or just want to complain but won’t leave because the package is so good. Pockets of laziness and lack of accountability
    5 people found this helpful
    4.0
    Mining Engineer
    Jul 2020
    5 to 6 years in the role, former employee
    One of the Best Resource companies to work for as a mining engineer
    The good thingsVery good and competent peoples to work with. Very good life and work balance. Excellent work culture. Great collaboration and effort between teams. Equal time FIFO roster which was great.
    The challengesThe challenges were mainly to do with the dynamic changes in the mining areas, a lot of pit water constraints mainly forced re-work and planning work, which was also great because there was a fun part about continuously finding better solutions long the way.
    1 person found this helpful
    2.0
    Trainer
    Jun 2020
    1 to 2 years in the role, former employee
    Initially good, but the lack of forward vision & knee-jerk reactions became old fast
    The good thingsImmediate team was great; High salary & perks (though they have now been revoked for future new employees)
    The challengesManagement not being transparent; Job promises broken re length of service; Management not understanding my role
    4 people found this helpful
    4.0
    Maintenance Improvement
    Apr 2020
    Glad I got the opportunity to work here.
    The good thingsFortunate enough to be put into a team that taught me the processes of SAP and general mining terminology.
    The challengesCommunication needs to improve. It was not often I found people on the same page with things which can cause a lot of frustration.
    5.0
    Boilermaker
    Mar 2020
    Less than 1 year in the role, former employee
    My 1st mine that I worked at was the best experience
    The good thingsPeople there very friendly that’s a bonus being away from home.
    The challengesThe work load was excellent
    1 person found this helpful
    2.0
    Process Control Engineer
    Mar 2020
    9 to 10 years in the role, current employee
    Great intentions and people but no capacity or desire to execute them.
    The good thingsBenefits are good. Peers are awesome
    The challengesYou’re nothing but a number Everyone is overloaded. To the point people are taking stress leave.
    6 people found this helpful
    4.0
    Finance function
    Mar 2020
    3 to 4 years in the role, former employee
    Good company that is moving in the right direction
    The good thingsPeople, interesting work
    The challengesLack of autonomy, slow to approve/implement initiatives
    2.0
    Geotechnical Engineer
    Mar 2020
    Great wages but requires excellent level of internal resilience
    The good thingsHead office had awesome vision that didnt translate to the operation I was in, but did to others. The 9 day fortnight was awesome until it got taken away at our operation. Excellent wages.
    The challengesSite management changed frequently. Many organisational restructures that caused unnecessary grief for little gain. Safety must be first and foremost but production often came out the winner.
    2 people found this helpful
    4.0
    Maintenance Role
    Mar 2020
    Less than 1 year in the role, former employee
    I enjoined working at South 32
    The good thingsGood support from workers when going through seperation .Great team members.
    The challengesworking on old plant that needs to be up graded.
    3.0
    Maintenance Role
    Mar 2020
    former employee
    Not a pleasant work environment
    The good thingsWork in mining and be home every night
    The challengesManagement are very disconnected from their workforce. A negative environment to work due to this disconnect with the management team.
    3 people found this helpful
    5.0
    Business Analyst
    Mar 2020
    Less than 1 year in the role, current employee
    Overall, good team culture and people to work with.
    The good thingsThe people in my department (Technology) are all so friendly and make a lot of effort to include everyone. The vibe of my team and overall organisation is good. Enjoyed always being challenged.
    The challengesPipeline planning. Specifically for resource planning.
    1.0
    Operator
    Mar 2020
    3 to 4 years in the role, current employee
    Hell on earth.
    The good thingsMet some nice people.
    The challengesIt is the worst employment experience of my life. It crippled my self esteem and self belief.
    4 people found this helpful
    3.0
    Operations Manager
    Mar 2020
    7 to 8 years in the role
    Nice environment No cost control
    The good thingsBenefits and the people
    The challengesStill runs like BHP Leaders afraid to make decisions Outsource decision making to contractors People not held to account
    1 person found this helpful
    5.0
    Specialist Technology Cloud & Productivity
    Mar 2020
    3 to 4 years in the role, current employee
    One of the best companies to work for.
    The good thingsIt's a very free working environment, you're allowed to work without much management intervention.
    The challengesThe company embraces new technology rapidly which makes the rate of change very rapid. This is a healthy challenge.
    4.0
    Warehouse Administrator
    Mar 2020
    Less than 1 year in the role, current employee
    Good money to work 4 days a week.
    The good thingsGood pay, good roster
    The challengesManagement continues to make "improvements which make it harder to do your job.
    1 person found this helpful
    1.0
    Operator
    Feb 2020
    Production first, Safety second
    The good thingsWork/life balance. A good underground workforce who sticks together and are inclusive. The positive things are slowly being taken away, hence me looking for a new job.
    The challengesManagement push production to the point of creating safety issues. They are incapable of working with the workforce and insist on putting them down at every opportunity. Morale is at an all time low. They look for the negative in everything and fail to recognise positive achievements. Good ideas coming from the shop floor are dismissed. If you like being treated like a step child apply now.
    2 people found this helpful
    2.0
    Supply Chain Manager
    Nov 2019
    3 to 4 years in the role, former employee
    Opportunities for career advancement available but culture needs some work
    The good thingsBenefits and salary good
    The challengesCulture not inclusive
    1.0
    Worker
    Nov 2019
    All Australia
    very poor upper management
    The good thingsnothing poor management who pat themselves a fortune and dont really care about the people who actually make the place work
    The challengesmanagement makes poor decisions which the coal face work force then has to endure
    1 person found this helpful
    1.0
    Underground Coal Miner
    Nov 2019
    All Australia
    Horrible experience and no contact with the store or management
    The good thingsNothing, the management didn’t know what their job is and don’t listen to their workers
    The challengesThe management changing constantly and the amount of contractors working there
    1.0
    Project Manager
    Nov 2019
    Less than 1 year in the role, former employee
    Worst work experience of my life.
    The good thingsThe food was good Rosters also good
    The challengesWorking with management
    1 person found this helpful
    4.0
    Logistics Coordinator
    Nov 2019
    Fantastic journey, met lots of great people along the way.
    The good thingsTrust and autonomy. Family culture.
    The challengesContinual structure changes and also role expectation
    1 person found this helpful
    5.0
    Truck Driver
    Nov 2019
    1 to 2 years in the role, former employee
    Fantastic company great place
    The good thingsGreat company and people Beautiful place
    The challengesWet season cyclone bad weather
    4.0
    Human Resources Administrator
    Nov 2019
    Happy to be working at South32 - there's always something changing/growing/developing
    The good thingsOffice environment and peers. No shortage of work.
    The challengesCommunication can be slow. Some processes are cumbersome. Consultation in decision making is inconsistent.
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