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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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      Reviews by job title

      7K reviews
      4.0
      Dec 29, 2008

      it's a good company, but not great

      Senior engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      stable company where layoffs are unlikely, atleast when i was working there good work/life balance

      Cons

      few opportunities for advancement, slow communication as common with most large companies

      4.0
      Dec 24, 2008

      Good leadership and top and bottom - middle needs improvement

      6 sigma black belt
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great pay for the location (Central Illinois), good opportunities to move up - high performers are noticed and rewarded. I have had a good experience overall with moving up and being rewarded. Also a lot of opportunity (in good times) to move around the country and world... both in travel and in relocation.

      Cons

      Low performers hang around and get away with doing nothing. This has an adverse effect on the rest of the employees, as well, as they end up picking up the slack and seeing nothing get done to right the problems. There is a serious issue with communication in the high-to-mid management levels - the very top (VP and CEO) and bottom (line supervisors) do a great job.

      2.0
      Dec 8, 2008

      supplemental employees at Caterpillar

      Assembler
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      It is one of the highest paying labor jobs available in this area.

      Cons

      As a supplemental employee at caterpillar, you will pay union dues just like everyone else, but you will not receive any representation from the union. You are considered an "at will" employee which means that you can be walked out for any reason at any time and the union will do nothing about it. You also don't receive any healthcare or 401k and you cannot bid off onto any full-time jobs. There is no holiday pay or vacation pay. There is nothing more than time and a half after 40 hours.

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