Caterpillar reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(7,338 total reviews)

Joe Creed

68% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

Caterpillar has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 7,338 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
4.0
Apr 7, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

- Top notch technology (be it engineering / resources) - Very good work culture (restricted to office environment) - Performance based pay - Robust processes and guidelines

Cons

Almost nothing except for issues with the CFT projects

4.0
Apr 7, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Large R&D budgets to work on exciting projects.

Cons

A lot of leadership that has never actually been part of bringing anything to market. The company went thru a phase where it wasn't important if you ever did anything as long as you could give a good presentation. Now that they are in charge they have no idea how anything gets done. They are wheeling out new processes that Chrysler abandoned two bankruptcies ago. We used to joke about the engineers at the big three did nothing but attend meetings all day long. Now we are the joke.

2.0
Apr 6, 2014

Mechanical Engineer

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pay. Hope that is enough for you.

Cons

Senior management are borderline criminal. Exploiting employees and favoritism for promotions is common here. They'll work you to the bone if you let them. Waaaaay to many employees near retirement that have basically given up and just show up to get a pay check. Unfortunately these are also many of the mid-level managers.

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