There are many cons and all the negative reviews on this site are accurate. Do not work here. Let me say that again: DO. NOT. WORK. HERE.
PACCAR is stuck in the 1950s. The chairman, CEO, c-suite team (one of which has a large Confederate painting in his office), and the sycophants in corporate HR refuse to recognize the toxic, blatantly sexist, racist, and fear-based culture where men are coddled and their bad behavior is justified because, “hey, he’s a nice guy.”
EMPLOYEES COME LAST AT PACCAR
The hostility toward employees permeates every aspect of the company. Corporate HR, tasked with protecting the company from its employees, is comprised of a bunch of delusional, ineffectual, incompetent directors and managers who have little real-world talent or experience managing people.
The environment is depressing and unforgiving. At the end of the day, the company expects numb, non-thinking, non-questioning robots.
As a noodle of a legacy male director once said: We're a bunch of ants marching in line and we get to an obstacle and we don't know what to do, we don't know how to get around. We need someone to tell us what to do. But in practice they only want fellow ants; they dismiss your expertise and instead penalize you for applying that expertise. They are happy to die for the "PACCAR way."
PAY ATTENTION TO NEGATIVE REVIEWS
As mentioned up top, the negative reviews are accurate. There is out-of-control turnover at PACCAR for many reasons: low pay, rigid culture, dress code, lack of remote work, sexism, racism, lack of quality leaders, etc. The negative experiences are structural and systemic, and I recommend you heed the warnings expressed in these reviews.
