Are you a white male? No? RUN. - Anonymous employee PACCAR Employee Review

1.0
Apr 20, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

I work at the Corporate HQ in downtown Bellevue. I'd say the biggest pro is the free parking. If you stay long enough, the pension plan is top-notch and they offer decent other long-term benefits. They also encourage movement within the divisions, so if you like the company as a whole, you can continue to reinvent yourself within the same organization. The CON of this is that they continue to hire employees in director roles that are unqualified for their position. It is perfectly normal to see a directors move from engineering, to marketing, to operations...they see nothing wrong with that.

Cons

The biggest con at PACCAR is the blatant sexism. Recently, the company started diversity councils within each separate division. My council leader is -- you guessed it -- a white man. If you are a white man with at least a basic level of competency, this is the company for you! You will thrive here. If you're not, don't even bother. You'll work three times as hard and be better at your job for less money, fewer opportunities, and little respect. This is top-down problem with the senior management at PACCAR, so it's unlikely to change anytime soon. The culture is the most backward I've ever seen. Senior management is known for throwing coats on women and firing people on the spot. Each floor is dead silent with zero chatter. All employees must wear suits (prefer navy or black), have modest haircuts, shoes that don't click too loud, and no facial hair.

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5.0
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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

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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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