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      Caterpillar

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      Caterpillar reviews

      4.0

      77% would recommend to a friend

      (7,318 total reviews)

      Joe Creed

      67% approve of CEO

      74% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Caterpillar has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 7,318 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
      Mar 30, 2019

      Great company with strong values

      Communicator
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Caterpillar is such a large company that there are many career and development opportunities. The culture is collaborative and respectful. The compensation and benefits are extremely competitive.

      Cons

      Many employees have been at the company a long time so you sometimes face resistance to change. It can feel bureaucratic and restrictve at times. Work-life balance can be a challenge due to the global nature of the business.

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      At Caterpillar, we work each day to provide a rewarding environment and experience for our teammates. Thank you for sharing your thoughts on how we do just that!
      3.0
      Mar 13, 2019

      Major Pluses and Major Minuses

      Engineering specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The company enjoys 90+ years of experience, and hence lots of best practices and grey beards who know how products are supposed to be developed. It is indeed core engineering and if you enjoy core engineering - this is the place! It is an international company and does most of it's functions in-house, which means that you have many diverse career options to choose from. They pay relatively on the high side too.

      Cons

      Corporate hubris is rampant. Ability to pivot into digital space has been messy. Very hierarchical and less transparency in upper management levels. Careers in Machine learning, Big data and AI are mostly based on nepotism not meritocracy. It helps enormously if you're part of the 'Good Old Boys Club' to move up in your career. Most frontline engineering managers are in their 50s - and they've been managers for the last 15-20 years (similar to career politicians) and have very little appetite for new ideas, risk taking, etc. Employee development is poor. Peoria, IL (Cat Headquarters) is an absolutely featureless, culture-less town in which most of the exciting engineering jobs are located. So good luck if you want an exciting out-of-work life!

      4.0
      Mar 5, 2019

      Restructuring Journey

      Manufacturing project engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good compensation and good benefits.

      Cons

      Leadership don't have a good planning for team members who participated, contributed in company restructuring projects. Team members were working hard to execute projects, and now they are working hard to search for an internal job by themselves and some were already let go...

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