PACCAR reviews

No leaders, just a company of managers who do what they are told, without thinking, and never hesitate to throw employees under the bus. Everything is sales driven, so true optimization is never the goal. Managers spend their time micro-managing and trying to fake the metrics so they look good to upper management. PACCAR claims to be a technology company but uses systems from 30+ years ago and did not even have the ability to forward office phones when employees worked remotely during COVID-19 (still doesn't). The company forced employees to continue to go into the office until someone tested positive for COVID-19 (nearly a month after most other companies allowed employees to work remotely). Zero flexibility - Employees were not allowed to work remotely before COVID-19 and they are pushing to get people back into the office ASAP. Managers expect employees to arrive at work at the exact same time every day and they will reprimand employees who arrive just 5 minutes “late” or leave “early” (but they have no problem expecting you to work late) and monitor when employees log on/off, etc. during COVID-19. The worst is that managers talk about employees behind their back to other employees on the same team. There are other things like business attire and men need to shave, but those didn't personally bother me. PACCAR has many “unspoken rules” like all high-level individual contributors and managers are expected to either have, or pursue, a master’s degree, most commonly an MBA. it is OK if you do not have one, but you will be expected to get one (yes, they will ask when, not if, you are going to get it). They also expect employees to participate and donate a certain amount to benefit events and they measure your success on that. If you do not play their games, they will block any advancement or movement.

Allow working from home from time to time. PACCAR ITD allows more flexible schedule due to business model.