Is John Deere a good company to work for?

John Deere has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 9,533 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 77% of employees would recommend working at John Deere to a friend and 55% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about John Deere have been left by employees working as IT Part Time Student , Internship and Part-time Student Employee .

Does John Deere pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, John Deere employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at John Deere. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at John Deere?

77% of John Deere employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated John Deere 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at John Deere?

Software Engineer (317) , Senior Engineer (207) , Senior Software Engineer (188) , Engineer (173) , Intern (170) , Lead Engineer (136) , Manufacturing Engineer (112) , Manager (110) , Estagiário (96) , Design Engineer (87) , Product Engineer (87) , Project Manager (78) , Quality Engineer (73) , Assembly Line Worker (55) , Lead Software Engineer (54)

What are the pros of working at John Deere according to real employee reviews?

"Fantastic and good work life balance" ((in 607 reviews)); "and good pay" ((in 441 reviews)); "For the most part the people are great to work with and like a family." ((in 380 reviews)); "Good culture and easy to work with people" ((in 380 reviews)); "Good work culture and policies" ((in 248 reviews))

What are the cons of working at John Deere according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management had no interpersonal skills she had no clue what was even going on within the department" ((in 176 reviews)); "They tell you that you are another engineer but some managers have treat you like a child" ((in 92 reviews)); "Long hours and no room to move up and do something else within the company." ((in 78 reviews)); "Senior leadership has removed itself from all surveys or feedback and insulated itself from them." ((in 78 reviews)); "They did the same thing with recent poorly handled layoffs." ((in 74 reviews))

What are employees saying about John Deere layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about John Deere layoffs and their outlook for job security at John Deere in 2026.

What are the top reviewed John Deere locations?

Moline , Waterloo , Des Moines , Dubuque , Urbandale , Davenport , East Moline , Fargo , Johnston , Cary , Chicago , Horicon , Ankeny , Grovetown , Raleigh , Augusta , Milan , Champaign , Ottumwa , Cedar Falls , Silvis , Iowa City , Ames , New York , Dallas , Springfield , Coffeyville , Greeneville , Fuquay-Varina , Atlanta

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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

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 5,949 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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Reviews by job title

6K reviews

2.0

Mar 13, 2015

Awful for software and diverse people at C&F Division

Software quality assurance engineer and testers

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good salary and benefits for engineers.

Cons

Awful facilities. Does not value diversity. If you are a minority you are treated like garbage. No recognition for software design or testing. No promotion until you're there for >5 years They will dump more responsibility on you without increasing salary or grade. Too many good ole boys networks. Lots of overtime hours

1.0

Feb 25, 2015

Terrible

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

If you are lucky middle management moves to a new job after a couple years. You are screwed if they stick around longer because most likely they are incompetent and have no people skills.

Cons

Name something it probably is a con.

2.0

Jan 9, 2015

Happy for over 30 years until I received a gender desgrimatory boss

Manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Freindly teams. Many nice people positive reinforcement in early years

Cons

.It has turned into a good ole boys club with only a few women and .minorities in management. The HR dept is a joke their only real job is to cover up and. Keep Deere from getting sued.

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Jobs at John Deere

Part-Time Student - Cost Accounting - Moline, IL or Des Moines, IA