Great place to work - Supply Chain PACCAR Employee Review

5.0
Sep 3, 2012
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Pros

For smart driven employees, PACCAR offers most everything you could want in a company. The pay is good for my position and experience and there is an extremely high work life balance. You have the opportunity to move all over the world and gain a broad number of experiences. Unparalleled access to senior management. I enjoy my job very much. They will pay 50% of college tuition for an MBA which is almost required to move upwards in the company. There is also lots of training available in Six Sigma(big emphasis), foreign languages, managerial skills etc. Matching 401K and a pension

Cons

Many of the cons I read about PACCAR are that is too traditional, the pay is bad and the computers are old. My office is business casual, but I do still wear a tie although many do not. The pay might be below some of the other companies in the Seattle area, but the benefits and stability make up for it in my mind and there is no expectation to work 60 hours a week. The computers are old and slowly being replaced, but I have never worked anywhere with nice computers. The company is frugal, but I think that is a good value as a shareholder. We haven't lost money in over 73 years.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
Apr 15, 2026
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Pros

Not much, if you want a place that's okay with mediocrity, then welcome.

Cons

They blindly follow industry trends not industry standards. We have an initiative to use AI to increase productivity, without a proper plan, without security in mind and lack of general understanding. Consistently understaffed, for example there are teams or parts if teams that have max 4 developer type roles with 36 apps or APIs to support - this has lead to inconsistent code and effort as employees are spread too thin to be able to deliver quality work. Management refuses to take responsibility for issues that arise from being understaffed. Teams are not consistent in what tools and pipelines are used causing even more confusion and delays. Double standards: they don't want to properly promote or give raises to hard workers. Upper management made it clear to direct managers that "meets expectations" was a fine thing to give... To employees doing more than their fair share of work and are doing work outside of their role since they have no one else to do it do to being understaffed.

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