Oshkosh Truck Reviews

I have been working at Oshkosh Truck

Pros – I would say that the people are great. Mid-level and senior management almost have all worked their way up from the lower levels, so they are easily approachable, no-nonsense and knowledgeable. Benefits are good. Preferential treatment is given to current employees for positions. Upward moves into different types of positions are usually easier than within your current job designation (for example, if you are an admin, moving into contracts or project management, rather than to an executive level admin).

Cons – No lunchrooms (there are kitchens), projects often require lots of overtime from all staff, however many people see the project (often for military) as vitally important not only to the business but for our soldiers as well, so the overtime is usually not viewed as a huge inconvenience. Administrative promotions are usually not based on performance, but done personally.

Advice to Senior Management – Increase communication between departments and divisions, really work on the One-Oshkosh philosophy. When undergoing new projects talk to the admins, they know what is going on and usually have useful input.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Oshkosh Truck

Pros – Benefits are very compeitive for area

Cons – Overtime is often excessive and no comp time

Advice to Senior Management – Overtime comp would improve moral

I have been working at Oshkosh Truck

Pros – Oshkosh Truck offers someone the opportunity to develop yourself as a person and as a leader. There are plenty of opportunities for challenging yourself.

Cons – The shifts are kind of awkward and makes it so that it is hard to have time for anything else for you to do with your day.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep in mind the thoughts of the workers, if management works for them the workers will work harder for the management.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Oshkosh Truck

Pros – There are indeed alot of opportunities for growth, if only you had any authority to exercise those opportunities. There are current openings available at the company. The last is a great reason to apply if you are desperate for a job.

Cons – Upper level management is clueless along with other corporate departments on what needs to be done to take care of current issues. The entire company is a clique and if you aren't in the group, you will get nowhere. The character of corporate mid level leadership is not good. These people beat you into the ground to promote themselves all the while being poor civil examples for the rest of the company. This makes it extremely difficult to do the right thing and get anywhere above your position. The work life balance is considered an average of 60/hrs/wk with no OT. This makes our turnover rate astronomical with salaried people.

 The insurance packages the company offers to its salary staff are shameful compared to what they dole out to the union workforce. You cannot have an illness. Regardless, you will pay upwards of $150/month as an individual for insurance and still have a $1750 deductible. Otherwise you can pay $100/month and have a $3000 deductible. If you have a family like me, best of luck. The company is truly being unfair with their benefits. They dont match 401k anywhere near what other corporations are offering. 50% match up to 6%. All of these things give me reason to seek employment elsewhere. Best of luck to all fellow employees, Im getting out of here as soon as possible.

Advice to Senior Management – Get with the program. Understand that what you are doing is driving your employees away. You can't keep promoting the people that buy you rounds at the bar and depend on them to do the right thing. You have been bought and you need to right the ship before it sinks. Yes, military contracts are great but when you are done selling trucks on your last contract, where will you go from here? A strong workforce will stand behind you. Your current workforce however, won't be left standing.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Oshkosh Truck

Pros – Stability of company
Good opportunity to grow
Great place to learn
Variety of companies within the organization to learn about and work with

Cons – Lack of communication around company strategy
Most employees do not know what the company was doing or why it was doing it
Leadership was a little stagnant - little change at higher levels

Advice to Senior Management – Improve communication to employees, especially in regards to corporate strategy

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Oshkosh Truck

Pros – Innovative and challenging work. Stays ahead of competition.

Cons – Over work their employees, and show little recognition.

I have been working at Oshkosh Truck

Pros – Oshkosh truck offers great pay rate and did have a fairly quick raise rate and the benefits package was a great package.

Cons – Despite the good pay rate and the great benefits package, trucks didnt have much room to grow professionally and also management was sometimes horrible in changes that would be made in production lines.

Advice to Senior Management – The feedback I would like to offer is that they should hear more of what the people who actually assemble the parts and work on the line instead of just letting someone who hasnt worked on the line make changes according to some data sheet.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Oshkosh Truck

Pros – Pride
Good Money
People are very dedicated to the task at hand

Cons – Stressful work enviroment
Defense industry is instable and spending for the future is forecasted low
Travel to war areas is less than desirable

Advice to Senior Management – They need to evolve towards adopting a warm heart philosophy of going hard on the problems not on the people.

I have been working at Oshkosh Truck

Pros – Most everyone is commited to hard work and professional
Gave back benefits after market picked up again
Non-repetitive daily tasks
Team spirit encouraged

Cons – Underutilized operations/materials system - cumbersome bandaid fixes
LOTS of policy emphasis
Somewhat rigid procedures
HR and management uses complicated system to 'manage' humans

Advice to Senior Management – Get rid of TAMS. HR review system is demeaning and pointless. Stop trying to reduce your employees to numbers, we are humans.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Oshkosh Truck

Pros – They do not micro-manage their people, which creates personal growth.

Cons – Communication needs to get better

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend