This place has great individuals who try to make up for a management culture that is 100 years old. - Anonymous employee PACCAR Employee Review

2.0
Feb 28, 2014
Anonymous employee
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Pros

PACCAR offers employment stability and the chance to work with beautiful product and some very dedicated individuals. Those individuals often put in superhuman effort to get a good product to the customer. The retirement benefits are great. PACCAR is consistently profitable.

Cons

When you are consistently profitable, a 4th generation ex CEO, but still Chairman of the Board could start to believe he can't do anything wrong. You might implement a no facial hair policy. It sounds unreal, but forty people were pulled into executive offices and told they had to go home to shave the beards, mustaches, and goatees. People who had beards for 30 years had to lose them or fear for their job. Very few execs had the power/guts to not implement the policy. This culture of fear can also be seen in technical product shortcomings being swept under the rug. As an executive, why bring something unpleasant up when you could lose your bonus or job? By the time the shortcoming hits sales, you can have a few more years of employment and bonuses. What better way to create fear in your executive ranks than to publically dress down a demoted executive in front of employees during a division wide meeting for non performance? Accounts are king/queen here for better and for worse. Quarterly profit is all important. Short term savings are often achieved at a long term cost.

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5.0
May 30, 2026
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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
Apr 15, 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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