PACCAR reviews

3.6

63% would recommend to a friend

(1,039 total reviews)
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Preston Feight

72% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

PACCAR has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 1,039 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The PACCAR 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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1.0
Jun 12, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Steady pay check, some people are cool. Lots of locations in Seattle

Cons

"Memorize the expectations 1-6 in the attached letter and recite them to me from memory during our one-on-one discussion the week of 8/25/14." I obviously had some difference with my manager, but to come to this is a absurd. It's all about power and control clueless managers need to have over their staff. Brown noses get a head and will spy on you and try to get you in trouble if your an outsider

3.0
May 12, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good group of people you work with. Don't have to take the job home with you.

Cons

Terrible pay. Plant workers without college education make considerably more money than engineers. Cost of health care benefits is always going up with less coverage.

2.0
Jul 2, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Stable company, 401K match, luckily my supervisor is accommodating with flex time as needed. Also, Peterbilt's truly are the best truck on the road & it feels good to have pride in your product.

Cons

Where to start? The culture is depressing. I am surrounded by employees who have been with PACCAR for literally decades, who think they own the company & are so grumpy. The long-term employees truly get away with anything & most of them (not ALL) treat you anyway they please, as they feel entitled. The reviews are all true, this company operates on fear from Mark Pigott. Too many horror stories about Mr. Pigott to even count. If you're a female, best of luck advancing your career because you likely won't. Meaning, the men all promote their male friends & it's a man's world big time here. It's just the way it is. And if you're an attractive female, you will either be shunned & judged for taking care of yourself or gawked at by most of the plant men. You will be told you MUST have an MBA for advancement here. And then once you get your MBA, you will have to beat out all the male engineers for positions. And yes, the weird facial hair scandal even gave me the creeps & I'm female. How bizarre that men cannot have facial hair? This place is operated like a backwoods cult by a controlling chairman. Everyone is married to someone in the plant & their entire family works there too...it's weird to me but maybe that's just me.

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