Good company if you fit their profile - but stifling if you dont - Director PACCAR Employee Review

2.0
14 Aug 2010
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Pros

The products are great and you can't argue with their financial strength for 70+ years. Work / life balance can pretty good (unless you're an accountant). People are personable and build real friendships at work, especially since so many people stay there for their whole careers.

Cons

Finanically they take a very short sighted view, looking at only the current quarter and year and starving investment in some basic things to make people's jobs easier or get cost savings in the long term. Focus on product is good, but actually getting tools to help do the rest of operations easier never get done. The downside of people staying there so long is that they lack original ideas, and have trouble moving forward because people who have been there a long time will never be fired and so can be totally ineffective without being dealt with.

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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
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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