Good company, but with flawed upper management leadership - Engineering International Employee Review

3.0
Sep 26, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Navistar International has a storied history, and great following in the trucking industry. Benefits and pay are very competitive and a majority of it's employees are very dedicated and loyal to the company.

Cons

Upper management has made very detrimental leadership decisions in the past decade. The in-cylinder emissions solution was flawed from the start, and the engineering and product development teams in Fort Wayne, Indiana tried to communicate to the Chicago world headquarters that it wasn't working and that the company should switch to the SCR technology that the rest of the industry was using to meet EPA requirements. When Engineering leadership expressed this concern, the CEO and Truck President threatened lower management with dismissal and demanded that their decisions were final and anyone not willing to agree, were not team players.

Explore other reviews about International

5.0
Jun 16, 2026
Anonymous contractor
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Amazing opportunity to come and work with international

Cons

Just need to be more organized in expectations

1.0
Jul 13, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Has a cafeteria and Starbucks on site

Cons

- They are not a growing company, recently laid off about 400 people company wide due to financial reasons. There are more lay- offs to come. - There's no camaraderie, especially in Human Resources department. Everyone just goes right to there desk for 8 hours and then leaves for the day. No friendships or how was your weekend and, be aware, you will be thrown under the bus by others for them to get a leg up. - If you do not speak Spanish you will be terminated at some point. I was repeatedly told to start learning Spanish by my boss so she wouldn't have to speak English. I would also be in meetings where my boss and other coworker would start speaking Spanish knowing I couldn't understand what they were discussing and they would get annoyed when I would ask if they could speak in English during our meetings.

See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All