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      Caterpillar

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      Caterpillar reviews

      4.0

      77% would recommend to a friend

      (7,325 total reviews)

      Joe Creed

      67% approve of CEO

      74% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Compensation and benefits

      3.9

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.8

      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 7,325 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
      Jun 22, 2017

      Paralegal

      Paralegal
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Excellent pay, annual bonus, and benefits for the area. Opportunities to work on projects that affect the entire enterprise. Never have to work over 40 hours a week unless approved and then will receive overtime pay. No billing hours.

      Cons

      Promotions are more based on years of service than work product. Numerous reorganizations in a short time. I've had 4 supervisors in a year. Not many opportunities for moving into a different area of law. Must have a bachelor's degree and a paralegal certificate with numerous years of experience to even be considered.

      1.0
      Jun 20, 2017

      Manufacturing Engineering Superintendent

      Manufacturing engineering superintendent
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Few pros since 2008. Salary above average. Short term incentive pay out good about every third year. Healthcare insurance premiums continue to rise and introduction of consumer driven health care plan not much better than PPO plan. New hires have no pension or early retirement healthcare coverage.

      Cons

      Poor leadership. Company tries to improve culture but unwilling to address root cause of cultural problems which stem from subpar leadership. Company is no longer interested in manufacturing components but instead want to be an assembly and technology company. Company has no allegiance to long term employees. Company laid off hundreds of twenty plus year employees in December of 2016 only to hire some of them back in early 2017, albeit without the same retirement benefits. Once your position is targeted for elimination, management does very little to help you retain your career by assisting you with employment in other departments throughout the Caterpillar organization. Caterpillar leaders continue to ignore the lack of engagement throughout the company but tries to appease the Millennials by offering more vacation earlier in their career. Nothing is done to appease veteran employees.

      1.0
      Jun 4, 2017

      Remaining workforce

      Engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The cost of living is cheap and they are currently hiring.

      Cons

      Overworked and understaffed. Shotgun approach to "reinventing" the company. Lack of direction and executive decision making. The organization cut its long time employees in order to meet quarterly goals.

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