Caterpillar reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(7,320 total reviews)

Joe Creed

67% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

Caterpillar has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 7,320 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
Oct 24, 2025

Good

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You get time to learn, everyone’s pretty nice, it’s a huge company so you can see a lot of things

Cons

Switched to 5 days in office, job was pretty unclear for months, didn’t really have a set team, things move pretty slowly

4.0
Oct 23, 2025

Hard job

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits specially 401k is unique you won't find something like that good anywhere

Cons

Very hard job. hard on your body

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