Toxic culture - Analyst PACCAR Employee Review

1.0
11 Jun 2020
Recommend
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Pros

- Nice coworkers - Pension (5 years to vest) - 5% 401K match (Vests immediately) - 50% education reimbursement. - Pay can be OK if you are a strong negotiator up front. Once you are in they will not let you negotiate salary for new roles. - If you like working for a company that values image more than quality/action than this is the place for you.

Cons

No leaders, just a company of managers who do what they are told, without thinking, and never hesitate to throw employees under the bus. Everything is sales driven, so true optimization is never the goal. Managers spend their time micro-managing and trying to fake the metrics so they look good to upper management. PACCAR claims to be a technology company but uses systems from 30+ years ago and did not even have the ability to forward office phones when employees worked remotely during COVID-19 (still doesn't). The company forced employees to continue to go into the office until someone tested positive for COVID-19 (nearly a month after most other companies allowed employees to work remotely). Zero flexibility - Employees were not allowed to work remotely before COVID-19 and they are pushing to get people back into the office ASAP. Managers expect employees to arrive at work at the exact same time every day and they will reprimand employees who arrive just 5 minutes “late” or leave “early” (but they have no problem expecting you to work late) and monitor when employees log on/off, etc. during COVID-19. The worst is that managers talk about employees behind their back to other employees on the same team. There are other things like business attire and men need to shave, but those didn't personally bother me. PACCAR has many “unspoken rules” like all high-level individual contributors and managers are expected to either have, or pursue, a master’s degree, most commonly an MBA. it is OK if you do not have one, but you will be expected to get one (yes, they will ask when, not if, you are going to get it). They also expect employees to participate and donate a certain amount to benefit events and they measure your success on that. If you do not play their games, they will block any advancement or movement.

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5.0
30 May 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
15 Apr 2026
Recommend
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Business outlook

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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