Toxic culture; they don't care about employees - Human Resources PACCAR Employee Review

1.0
Oct 12, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

You get a paycheck that is below market value and if you’re a woman or person of color you will be aggressively and consistently low balled. If you’re not a man (particularly a white man), or a nepotism/legacy hire do not work here.

Cons

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.

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5.0
May 30, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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
Recommend
CEO approval
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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