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      Caterpillar reviews

      4.0

      77% would recommend to a friend

      (7,322 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 7,322 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
      3.0
      Aug 15, 2014

      Design engineer for CAT electronics

      Design engineer specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      CAT offers slightly above average pay/benefits. Flexible schedule is nice. Work with some really great people. Looks fantastic on a resume. Good at luring young people in but...

      Cons

      ...bad at retaining young talent. In a group of 15 the average age is 10 years older than me. Peoria is a terrible place to be young but perfect to raise a family. Perhaps that contributes to the retention rate. Slow as a corporation to respond and take action. Overreacts as a corporation. "All roads lead to Peoria" I have been told. Even if you get to leave Peoria you are eventually coming back. Rotational program is a joke. Dont take the job due to it. Nobody wants to invest any time in a three month temp employee

      1.0
      Aug 13, 2014

      Not a good place to work. STAY AWAY.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      If you like like long hours, short notice overtime, poor planning, lack of communication and confusion, this is your place.

      Cons

      Interviewers could not describe the job I was applying for. They did not disclose the mandatory overtime and 60 hr work weeks. Team lead was a poor communicator yet management does not see it ( yet ). Lead was partial to some team members. Production planning is very poor. Always running out of parts. This plant is spinning out of control and is getting deeper in the hole by the day. STTT may have a chance at success due to a different management mentality but the MHE side is in trouble. The assembly line workers generally do a pretty good job considering the conditions they work under but are always the one's who suffer for the poor planning and lack of communication.

      1.0
      Jul 23, 2014

      Production technician

      Production technician
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      There is air conditioner, sometimes.

      Cons

      This company sucks. They don't care about the people at a all!!!! The pay sucks. Management sucks.They don't listen to the employees. Hours suck You dont get promoted unless you are friends with someone in management Management yells at employees. Management lies all the time and break their promises.

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