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      John Deere

      Engaged Employer

      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

      Ratings by category

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      4.0

      Compensation and benefits

      3.9

      Culture & values

      3.9

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.5

      Career opportunities

      3.4

      Senior management

      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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      Reviews by job title

      6K reviews
      4.0
      Nov 6, 2008

      A great place to work

      Manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Successful, ethical company. Very supportive of employee's career and personal development. Lots of training and educational opportunities.

      Cons

      Promotions are still driven by the "good old boys" network. It's difficult to be considered unless you have a strong network and a champion. Culture needs to be more supportive of flexible work arrangements and work/life management issues.

      4.0
      Oct 6, 2008

      Good place to work

      Engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      It is a big enough company that there are many opportunities to advance you career or move to a different location, but still has a small company feel. There is a wide variety of geographic locations and machines to work one. There is a lot of support for moving to a cross-functional job (ex. engineering to marketing). Employee development highly valued. There is a wide variety of things to work to be done. Many employees work abroad for a few years of their career, but only if they want to.

      Cons

      Importance of process used to ensure brand quality can be frustrating.

      2.0
      Sep 30, 2008

      They pay decent, but it's not really worth the effort required or work expected from you

      Design engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      You do get paid a fairly nice salary for a mid-western company, but benefits are falling. They do support personal and career development. I regularly take 80-100hrs of training and certification courses every year. Work hours are very flexible for scheduling around your family and personal time, however, overtime is expected.

      Cons

      New hires no longer receive pensions, healthcare in retirement, and they just changed the healthcare premiums to high deductible accounts with a HSA. Management is more concerned about process control then engineering. Everything is design by committee now. There is really no open and creative environment. You must follow a specified checklist of quality requirements and fill out endless amounts of paperwork for even the simpliest parts. I regularly spend 50% of my time on mindless data entry, 50% of my time in meetings debating engineering changes and talking about the part release process, and then I am still expect to get the engineering work done which usually accounts for all of my overtime.

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