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
2.0
Apr 7, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Decent pay IF you live in the Midwest. Salary grades have barely moved in the last Decade. This is a pro because other companies are worse, based on the offers I've received.

Cons

HR sees its mission as protecting management. I've reported unethical and outright illegal behavior. They are still doing their best to shut me up. No action at all against the parties involved, even years later. You'd have at least expected some "investigation". Management is decent in some Locales. Most of the smaller facilities are run by petty tyrants. Smile big to those above them and treat the load bearing employees like dirt. You've all seen the attitude: "You should be grateful you have a job, now get back in your corner". They only pay lip service to improving employee morale and pay. Nothing happens if it does not ultimately please Wall Street. Not the best moral compass. It will be interesting to see the results of this years employee survey. They didn't meet the goal a couple years ago so they changed the end date. Wish I could get the CEO's $20mil to make that decision.

1.0
Nov 13, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

some good people...brand image opens doors...mostly friendly people

Cons

inflexible...the height of cronyism...so many people hire and promote their friends and relatives...very very ery closed culture..not progressive at all. if you like change stay aways...this company is so old school.

1.0
Aug 9, 2012

Horrible Work Environment

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Year End Bonus. Salary decent for area.

Cons

"Old Boys" network, no training for new employees, brutal performance evaluation scheme. Worked at PEC. This place is an "Old Boys" network workplace where back stabbing is rewarded. New employees are thrown in to sink or swim. Management requires a fanatical devotion to the product at the expense of all else including family; although the official line is "Family First". New employees recieve no relevant training. You are thrown into a brutal employee performance evaluation system where the number of "goals" exceeds what is impossible to obtain unless one devotes 24/7 to John Deere. This limits merit increases to save the company money, even though profits are at a record level.

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