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      Caterpillar

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      Caterpillar reviews

      4.0

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (7,309 total reviews)

      Joe Creed

      68% approve of CEO

      74% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Compensation and benefits

      4.0

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.9

      Culture & values

      3.8

      Career opportunities

      3.7

      Work/Life balance

      3.4

      Senior management

      Caterpillar has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 7,309 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Caterpillar employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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      7K reviews
      1.0
      Dec 17, 2025

      SKAT CAT!

      Manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Submitting my two weeks notice.

      Cons

      CAT over-hired and over-paid during COVID rebound and are low on cost cutting options with 47’s tariffs (but glad to support the ballroom boondoggle). Meanwhile, they’re bring forced to prop up their overpriced commercial real estate leases since many of their institutional investors own these buildings. So they aim to cut headcount and save cost by forcing RTO. Twenty year expert veterans of the company are leaving for refusing to wear diapers while mediocrity sticks around. Not exactly a winning long term strategy. When I get a “Straight from Joe” note, it goes straight to the trash.

      2.0
      Oct 18, 2025

      Stagnant in the tech space, lots of unnecessary middle managers

      Technology consultant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good bonuses, holiday shut down for a week in December, steady company overall, pay can be great, but you need to make sure you negotiate upfront as initial offers I’ve seen have not been good. This seems to be a place people will stay for

      Cons

      Lots of re-orgs, people are promoted through who they know not by their quality of work or knowledge, so much bloat as usual for a large company, not a lot of room for growth in the tech space and very stagnant when it comes to growth and adoption of new tech and processes, lack of accountability with employees- lots of projects take much longer due to being pushed around because no one wants to own them or work on them, process is so heavy and a complete mess, RTO is strictly enforced for some but not others. This is a place people will stay for years and just coast the rest of their career, so not a lot of passion or innovation in areas.

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