PACCAR- An engineering environment where hard work, initiative, and technical expertise does not pay off. - Senior Project Engineer PACCAR Employee Review

1.0
Dec 11, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

An Engineer can make some big technical and project accomplishments- but will receive very little reward for the efforts.

Cons

You can make huge accomplishments at PACCAR, be well known throughout the organization and industry, have a great reputation, and then never get promoted. There is no doubt a glass ceiling at the organization. Additionally, the chairman's behavior does encourage bullying behavior to trickle down through the lower ranks. Typically when a mid level manager is brought into the divisions from a corporate role, childish bullying tactics prevail. If you are good at what you do, you will have no opportunity for advancement- it will be a career dead end. If you do leave PACCAR as an employee, be prepared for feeble attempts at smearing of your name. People are so childish at the company that after a respected employee who has proven accomplishments leaves, the lower level corporate minions stab them in the back.

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Pros

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Cons

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Apr 15, 2026
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Pros

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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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