Is Peterbilt a good company to work for?

Peterbilt has an overall rating of 3.9 out of 5, based on over 418 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months. 75% of employees would recommend working at Peterbilt to a friend and 78% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Peterbilt have been left by employees working as Assembly Specialist , Assembly Line Worker and Design Engineer .

Does Peterbilt pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Peterbilt employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Peterbilt. This rating has improved by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Peterbilt?

75% of Peterbilt employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Peterbilt 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 4.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Peterbilt?

Assembly Specialist (38) , Design Engineer (21) , Assembly Line Worker (16) , Engineer (9) , Intern (7) , Assembly Line Specialist (6) , Assembly Technician (5) , Manager (5) , Mechanic (5) , Technician (5) , Assistant Manager (4) , Associate Design Engineer (4) , Project Engineer (4) , Senior Design Engineer (4) , Summer Intern (4)

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

"good pay and loved the firend i made along the ay" ((in 60 reviews)); "Great benefits and an interesting place to work for." ((in 48 reviews)); "Great people to work with" ((in 27 reviews)); "Also great coworkers." ((in 9 reviews)); "good work environment and friendly" ((in 9 reviews))

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

"This compo has frequent layoffs and shut down" ((in 20 reviews)); "Management is poor." ((in 12 reviews)); "Poor Training and almost growing too fast" ((in 11 reviews)); "Salary is low and set at the at or below average." ((in 8 reviews)); "Leads can make more than managers so the upward progression to manager stops with little incentives to become a manager." ((in 7 reviews))

What are employees saying about Peterbilt layoffs in 2026?

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

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Peterbilt reviews

3.9

75% would recommend to a friend

(354 total reviews)

Preston Feight

78% approve of CEO

78% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.3

Compensation and benefits

4.1

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Career opportunities

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.7

Culture & values

3.7

Senior management

Peterbilt has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 354 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Peterbilt 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

354 reviews

3.0

Jan 27, 2020

Decent job, comes with a warning

Assembly specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay, safe work environment, weekends off, opportunity for overtime, pension plan

Cons

You will be laid off. Period. We had a great year in 2019, still got laid off. If you're single or set up to save little of the great pay, you can maybe make it work, but there's a reason they offer so much per hour. You will be laid off eventually. I didn't meet anyone there longer than 5 years who hadn't been through at least 1 lay off. All of us with less than 5 yeara experience just got laid off. I just feel like there were certain things that happened, that if the company spent its money a little wiser, maybe we could have skipped the layoffs. They don't care about laying people off with families to feed.

3.0

Mar 31, 2019

Engineering deserves more respect from other functions and the management

Engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Perceived stability (however it is a pressure cooker)

Cons

For the amount of involvement, work load and responsibility, Engineering does not get the due respect that they so well deserve. Engineers are accused, blamed and looked down upon. If ANYTHING goes wrong, it is always the fault of Engineering or the Supplier. Other functions do not seem to take up much ownership. Because of this many good old Engineers are demoralized. Stress levels are very high among Engineers who are committed, show ownership and feel the need to do the right thing.

3.0

Apr 27, 2017

Electrical engineer

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent place for a fresh graduate, many opportunities to advance or move around. If I had gone there right after college I would probably still be there today.

Cons

Inexcusably undocumented interface for MAINFRAME computer. Little regard by HR for separation of engineering disciplines. This had definitely resulted in electrical designs that are far from optimal or elegant. I was frankly embarrassed by most of the electrical designs. Most mid career electrical engineers that come to Peterbilt leave after they get a thorough look at the designs and the reasons for the design decisions that produced them.

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