We'll soon be outsourced to India. - Design Engineer PACCAR Employee Review

1.0
7 Mar 2011
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Pros

Lots of work. Projects are implemented early ensuring you have lots of work to fix issues. 401K Pension 72 years of profit

Cons

Aggressive project implementation dates makes sure nothing is designed right until well after implementation. Less then industry average pay. Old computers running less then state of the art design and project management software. Since the software is so old no need to replace the computers. Still using Office 2003 and Windows XP. I guess if it works why upgrade. Glad our customers don't think this way. Saying we are an IT company when we can't keep network drives from filling up. Constant e-mails asking engineering to move large files to make room. Man does that get old. Piggott coming in and telling us how much we suck as engineers. Way to motivate the people in the trenches. I guess they just hand out JD Powers awards to anybody.

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5.0
30 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Wonderful internship experience. I truly enjoyed every aspect of the internship, from the people and team culture to the meaningful projects and great location. It was an incredibly positive learning experience, and I would highly recommend working there.

Cons

While the business professional dress code may not be for everyone, I personally didn’t mind it and felt it contributed to the professional environment.

1.0
15 Apr 2026
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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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