Oshkosh Defense reviews

3.4

56% would recommend to a friend

(242 total reviews)

Wilson Jones

55% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

Oshkosh Defense has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 242 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Oshkosh Defense employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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242 reviews
2.0
Sep 19, 2025

Not worth your time.

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Pros

None anymore. We used to have good benefits bonuses and good leaders. That all disappeared now.

Cons

Expected to work a minimum of 10 hours a day on average with no parts no guidance pushing defects to the end of the lines.

1.0
Sep 15, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

None. Do not work here under any circumstances.

Cons

This is the single worst place to work in Spartanburg County, possibly even the entire state. To begin with the management all the way to the top is some of the most corrupt, lying, biased, and downright clueless people I have ever seen. Upper management here could not keep a lemonade stand functioning. If you didnt come from the Spartanburg Steel Good Ol Boys club you will be targeted when their buddies are looking for an opening. They want all the employees to work 50-60hr weeks but this doesnt amount to any additional production because the engineers, MES, and other support teams are full of people that bought their credentials on Temu/Wish/Shein and are never made to actually do anything, some of their resumes even show they have never been in manufacturing in any capacity but lets let them be leadership and support. So 50-60hrs a week and about 1/2 to 3/4 of it is downtime sitting around doing nothing but every week the goal for trucks goes up like some kind of magic is going to make it work this week. They're on a constant crusade to fire anyone they decide they don't like this week, doesn't matter if you're the best worker on the line , once you get targeted your time is limited. Two people just got fired for being out with covid, management claimed their doctors note and covid tests weren't "good enough". On the flip side if you're one of the chosen ones you can come in drunk, high on meth, threaten to murder coworkers, be caught smoking dope on the floor, fornicating in mail trucks, and a series of other wild infractions with absolutely no repercussions.

3.0
Sep 5, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

If you have a good work ethic, you're generally left alone

Cons

In the JLTV side of Oshkosh, (I'm on ECP), but in Wisconsin (HQ) it's a cult. You have to know someone or be someone and be white. It's odd

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