John Deere reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(5,942 total reviews)

John May

56% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

John Deere has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 5,942 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The John Deere employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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6K reviews
1.0
Mar 20, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Mostly friendly atmosphere, but the one or two managers/planning leads who are not will ruin your experience and tear you down.

Cons

I worked for John Deere for 6 years and almost never took a day off. I always got my work done, and went above and beyond for the company. Without notice at 7pm one night, they called me and large portion of the Supply Management Planners to notify us that they were letting us go immediately for no reason other than cost cutting. Being loyal to a corporate company like this does you no good anymore. They will let you go at the drop of a hat without any notice, no matter how good you are or how long you’ve been there. Two weeks notice was not given, no compensation or any kind of heads up that there would be job cuts. I felt secure in my job, until 7pm that night when called out of no where. If you want job security, or a company who has loyalty to its employees, do not work for John Deere. If the company ever struggles in the slightest, they will have no second thought about cutting you without notice. Hopefully this will save someone from going through what I have with this company.

1.0
Feb 20, 2024

Return to office

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Company states collaboration as the reason

Cons

Eliminated empowerment. Don’t allow employees to manage their day. Senior leaders boasted future of work was flexibility for 4 years just to rip it away - they have no credibility with the rank and file employee.

2.0
Dec 10, 2023

So Much Potential Wasted

Recommend
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Pros

Start with the pros: ADP program is great, there are so many talented individuals to learn from and the rotations give great opportunities to see how other areas of the business work. Many interesting problems need to be solved across many different domains. The actual technical resources you work with are great they are genuinely good people. Work-life balance is a big plus and the education benefits and paternity/material leave are great.

Cons

Deere seems to think any manager from any domain can run an analytics team, Many of the analytics teams are run by people with zero analytics or IT background and lack the domain experience that their group serves. It creates a bottleneck that takes a positive ADP experience and transforms your future into a dead-end job. My advice is to develop in the ADP program and then look to leave. Senior and general management knows next to nothing about data science and is clueless about data/analytics strategy. Managers and leaders are hyperfocused on making teams use the latest ML/AI hype and completely forget the purpose of their teams is to solve problems. Reorgs seem constant, at least once a year which is exhausting and makes one question why they would stick around in the midwest locations where zero other meaningful opportunities lie.

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