John Deere reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(5,944 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 5,944 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
3.0
Nov 4, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

401(k) is amazing (10% match on 6%) Still have a pension (4% of base salary into an annuity fund) Encouraged to try new roles and to learn and grow

Cons

No longer the premier employer it used to be John May refuses to give salary employees decent raises (2 - 3% when inflation is 9%) John May is encouraging for our design engineering to be done in India and our manufacturing to be done in Mexico Most factories are falling apart. It is actually quite sad Annual bonuses half of what is normal despite record profits

2.0
May 25, 2022

Culture has shifted

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Tuition reimbursement good 401k match

Cons

Keep changing bonus structure to make it much harder to get bonuses. I have been getting raises every year but as the bonus structure changes I get paid less and less every year and asked to do more. Culture has shifted from employee first to profits first. Top hiring criteria is diversity and capability to do the job is of no importance so we have a lot of leaders that are incapable of their jobs which makes the subordinates look bad

3.0
Mar 2, 2022

Proceed with caution

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Great 401k match - pretty good work life balance - ethical company - tries hard to do the right thing - great brand recognition

Cons

- recent restructuring broke trust with employees. Expect more white color layoffs in the future - A key to the CEOs strategy is keeping costs low. Cost cutting is largely focused on cost of labor. This means that it’s now much much harder to progress financially - recent strategy changes make managerial experience much more difficult. They want fewer middle managers and each manager is expected to manager more team members. -DEI initiatives strongly favor women and POC for advancement opportunities. I would caution against joining Deere if you’re a white male as these policies will make career progression nearly impossible.

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