Great company to be a part of - vehicle controls engineer PACCAR Employee Review

4.0
Aug 19, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great work/life balance. You're encouraged you to move around within the company to gain a better understanding of all aspects of the company. Pretty good benefits. I really enjoy the work and my team and have quite a bit of flexibility to make the job my own.

Cons

HR/Recruiting and/or the organization at large is a bit behind the times. If you're relocating to work at KW Division in Kirkland, WA, you will not be paid enough to purchase a home within a reasonable commuting distance. Company policy is to have 1 remote work day per week so you must live within a reasonable commuting distance. IT struggles to keep everyone fully operational and software/systems up to modern standards.

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5.0
Apr 17, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good work environment. People are treated with respect.

Cons

Sometimes we have non production days.

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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