Why Vale
We are a company that focuses on employee development, career opportunities and a respectful and safe workplace. Vale's Total Reward Philosophy aims to provide employees with a competitive rewards package comprised of compensation, benefits and a work experience that enables us to attract and retain the best talent where we operate. Our cash compensation philosophy is based on a pay-for-performance approach, not time of service, while benefits play an important role on our package, as it is focused on providing a support for the employee and their families.
Education (Valer – Vale Education)
At Vale, we have seen that education prepares people to respond to challenges, refresh concepts and paradigms and helps blaze trails towards a brighter future. Our educational and development people area Valer - Vale Education offers a high quality curriculum focused on innovation, research and technical skills. Learn more about Valer here.
Careers and Succession
Vale recognizes and prioritizes the career development of our internal talent. Aligned with the growing and changing demands of our Businesses, our Career and Succession process occurs in annual cycles, where Vale identifies talent and potential successors for strategic positions within the company. Through the assessment of competences and performance, and including individual career aspirations, Vale seeks to guarantee that they have the right person in the right position.
Remuneration and Benefits
Vale maintains a remuneration Policy, based on technical criteria that aim to keep our employees’ remuneration attractive and competitive. To this end, we periodically conduct comparative surveys to analyze the remuneration we offer in contrast to market practices, across all regions where we operate. remuneration corresponds to the complexity of a given role and the individual employee’s performance. In addition to their wages, employees of Vale’s units receive variable remuneration, linked to the performance of the company, their department, and their individual performance. Vale also offers our employees a competitive benefits package, according to the different market contexts in which the company operates.
Performance Management
Our Performance Management strategy links strategic objectives directly to tangible actions, promotes synergy among teams, rewards the achieving and exceeding of goals, and motivates and encourages the best employees. Vale uses Variable Compensation in order to recognize and reward employees for reaching the objectives and goals of the company, and the individual performance. The Vale Performance Management process also includes constant and constructive, structured performance feedback.
Mobility
Our philosophy is to promote a culture of global mobility that will meet our strategic business requirements wherever we operate and support development of our top talent. Our mobility programs enables us to attract and retain the best people by being externally competitive, flexible to recognize the diversity of our employees and cost effective.
Health and Safety
Health, safety and respect for life are central themes for Vale. We are extremely concerned about the wellbeing of our employees and the communities in which we operate. With a prevention-oriented proactive vision, we aim for continuous improvement in health and safety throughout our activities, processes, products and services, focusing on the use of innovative solutions and human development.