Great Start and Awesome Exposure - Finance Intern USA Rare Earth Employee Review

Get to see all aspects of a business. Everyone helps one another across departments. Communication is well integrated

I would not view it as a con, there is just a lot going on all the time, since so much is changing for USARE so fast, but it excites me.

Mission/purpose of rare earth mining and supply chain independence: doing good for the earth

-Leadership and communication styles could feel inconsistent depending on the individual/team involved, especially from Head of People and Culture, whose approach often came across as reactive, political, and unnecessarily difficult -Workplace culture at times felt exclusionary and overly political rather than collaborative, with favoritism and optics seeming to matter more than actual teamwork -Employees were not always set up for success with clear expectations, alignment, or support, despite leadership expecting consistently high output -High pressure environment with shifting priorities and limited structure, often driven by last minute changes and unclear direction from management -Strong performance and measurable results did not always translate into recognition, stability, or trust, particularly if you were not closely aligned with leadership personalities -Decision making could feel reactive rather than strategic, creating confusion, inefficiencies, and avoidable fire drills -Frequent organizational changes and turnover impacted morale and long-term planning, while underlying leadership issues often went unaddressed -Feedback and accountability did not always appear to be applied consistently across teams, with some individuals seeming to be held to very different standards than others