PACCAR reviews

You can make huge accomplishments at PACCAR, be well known throughout the organization and industry, have a great reputation, and then never get promoted. There is no doubt a glass ceiling at the organization. Additionally, the chairman's behavior does encourage bullying behavior to trickle down through the lower ranks. Typically when a mid level manager is brought into the divisions from a corporate role, childish bullying tactics prevail. If you are good at what you do, you will have no opportunity for advancement- it will be a career dead end. If you do leave PACCAR as an employee, be prepared for feeble attempts at smearing of your name. People are so childish at the company that after a respected employee who has proven accomplishments leaves, the lower level corporate minions stab them in the back.

Kenworth Division employees forced to take 2 weeks of their vacation with less than 1 week notice in 4th quarter this year (and in 2009). If not enough vacation time, then required time off without pay. With $1.7 BILLION in cash reserves. CEO Mark Piggot gets $266 MILLION from this season's special dividend. The employees? Disrupted family schedules, forced vacation that many managers cannot really "take off".... and reduced pay at holiday season if no vacation available.