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John Deere

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John Deere reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(5,950 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 5,950 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
1.0
Feb 23, 2014

Assembler

Assembler
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

USED to be the pay was the only good thing about this job but that's not even true anymore with the new contract-WAY to low for how hard you work

Cons

Have to pay $100 in union dues EVERY MONTH just to be able to work there and the union will tell you to your face that they do NOT do anything to help supplemental employees! NO job security-NO insurance-NO vacation-NO profit sharing-NO personal/sick-NO raises-NO RESPECT but all the while working next to core employees that get ALL of the above and rubbing your face in it.......they get all the benefits and thousands in profit sharing checks even though you work 3 times harder plus supplementals can't work more than 7 months out of a year than they lay you off for 4 months, if you like working your ass off for a company that will chew you up and spit you out, replacing you tomorrow than this job is for you

3.0
May 7, 2011

Good pay, benefits, and products, but held back by poor geographic locations and Good Old Boy Culture

Product engineer ii
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Excellent Pay. They pay you a national salary that is actually what you are worth and since most of their facilities are in locations where the cost of living is low you are actually quite wealthy. Also pays an excellent bonus which can be up to 16% of your pay for a grade 7. -Benefits. Great 401K match and pension (a rarity in today's world). Excellent vacation package. -Good work/life balance. I always felt like I could take off for something whenever I wanted and not have to worry about getting in trouble. -Opportunity to work in a wide variety of technical areas, but not is all as it seems here. -In general a benevolent company, no layoffs in the last economic downturn. -Great coworkers. For the most part the fellow engineers you work with are very smart and you form a very tight friendship with them. The same can not be said for many of the other functional areas such as supply management and quality etc.

Cons

-Poor geographic locations. Most Deere facilities are in the rural midwest where you are very far from any big city. Not much to do in any of these locations. This may or may not bother you, but at least be aware of it. -Good old boy culture. They will promote their friends and you will do what they tell you at work. -Not much control over your career direction. This relates to the good old boy culture. They will tell you what position you are going to take. This is fine if you don't care about your career or what you do, but if you do care this could be a problem. -Nepotism. Small town locations mean small town games. People get promoted because of who they are related to or know. This happens far more often than you think. -Performance reviews are joke. No matter what you did you during the year it has nothing to do with the rating you receive. -Poor performers are not dealt with at all. This burdens everyone else who is forced to pick up their work.

1.0
Oct 17, 2010

Review of experience at John Deere

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pleasant work environment, appropriate holiday time off

Cons

Treat employees with distrust & disrespect, 'rules' change however it benefits the company, not in writing, raises & promotions given via 'good ole boy' network not based on job performance

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