John Deere reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(5,949 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 5,949 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
Oct 21, 2018

Not the company it once was

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Use to be benefits. Now they are average at best. Co workers are for the most part good people.

Cons

Different set of rules for management, and all three classes of wage employees. Discipline is becoming out of control. Wage employees lose money and benefits yearly lowering our standard of living. Insurance is still good but co pays are getting unmanageable. Very disgruntled workforce . Union is weak. No longer competitive with skilled workers pay and are losing them to other local employers. All about profit and production. Safety is reactive instead of proactive. Air quality is bad. Business practices are becoming borderline unethical.

2.0
Nov 8, 2015

Company in Decline

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work Life Balance, Compensation, Recognized Brand in US and Western Europe.

Cons

The quarterly financial results mask the real operating performance of this company, its easy to blame the downturn in AG economy and current global market conditions because the company lacks the capability and foresight to manage in difficult operating environment. Read the annual report. Competitors gaining ground everywhere, even in the US, only a matter of time, before the company's dominant position in US is displaced similar to what happened in the automotive market with Big Three. Leadership and Company Culture- Its the Deere way or the highway, not open to challenging the status quo or new ideas, change agents not welcome, ineffective in dealing with poor performers, plenty of them, cloning and selecting future leaders that mirror a 175 year traditional culture that is severely outdated. Slow, risk averse, apathetic, incapable of driving necessary change and results.Senior leaders grown from within, cronyism at its best.

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