Very out of touch - Project Manager PACCAR Employee Review

1.0
13 Nov 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Well respected brand Company does make money Do promote education amongst employees A good place to retire - if you are really old, and need a place to squat - this is it.

Cons

Very Autocratic Employees have absoutly no voice in anything - unless you are a manager - you better be a great order taker, and have no thoughts of having to think on your own work or ideas. Other than senior management - this is a mindless place to work There is ZERO chance of making any kind of a difference unless you are Sr. Director level or above - and even then, your ability to influence is minimal - everything comes from the top-down. Prescribed vacations - even for salaried employees - they force vacations on salaried employees in order to make numbers - feels a bit like working at McDonalds at times I would never recommend this as a good place to make much of a difference

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
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Pros

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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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