Good company, if it's a culture fit. - Manager PACCAR Employee Review

4.0
14 Feb 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-Trucks are an interesting product line to deal with. - Most employees are dedicated and smart. - Company loves cross trained employees; they are willing to let you try new roles outside your comfort zone and you can be promoted to do it. - Minimal office politics and backstabbing, it's not tolerated by management higher up.

Cons

- Culture fit is not for everyone. It's a conservative company; especially for the Northwest. Corporate office is business attire (suit & tie). Facial hair is generally not tolerated. - Company's strong cost control culture can manifest itself in strange ways. - Below market compensation structure. Employee benefits which were very good in years past have eroded to average. Salary has never been better than average.

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Pros

Good work environment. People are treated with respect.

Cons

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1.0
15 Apr 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Not much, if you want a place that's okay with mediocrity, then welcome.

Cons

They blindly follow industry trends not industry standards. We have an initiative to use AI to increase productivity, without a proper plan, without security in mind and lack of general understanding. Consistently understaffed, for example there are teams or parts if teams that have max 4 developer type roles with 36 apps or APIs to support - this has lead to inconsistent code and effort as employees are spread too thin to be able to deliver quality work. Management refuses to take responsibility for issues that arise from being understaffed. Teams are not consistent in what tools and pipelines are used causing even more confusion and delays. Double standards: they don't want to properly promote or give raises to hard workers. Upper management made it clear to direct managers that "meets expectations" was a fine thing to give... To employees doing more than their fair share of work and are doing work outside of their role since they have no one else to do it do to being understaffed.

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