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      Caterpillar reviews

      4.0

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (7,327 total reviews)

      Joe Creed

      68% 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 7,327 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
      2.0
      Nov 2, 2015

      Outdated Company Culture

      Analyst
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Steady merit increase system, Fairly easy to gain experience in multiple facets of business.

      Cons

      Ancient vacation time accrual system, office building is old and uncomfortable, seniority rewarded over aptitude, many geographic locations but few worth living in. Improper management has led to mass layoffs that were executed terribly.

      2.0
      Oct 22, 2015

      IT department has no direction or leadership and trusts outsiders more than own employees.

      Senior it analyst
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Compensation package is very competitive for area. Locations world wide if you want to transfer.

      Cons

      My years in IT have been a series of cycles trying to do redo the same project over and over each time failing and taking no advice from employees that have worked these projects

      3.0
      Oct 19, 2015

      Accounting

      Staff accountant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good pay, good bonus, good people to work with, work life balance is good in most accounting areas (minus consolidations and major business unit consolidation teams), can try various different areas of accounting (this has gotten worse though, when I started they said you rotate every 1.5-2 years, now it's every 3-5). They count the CMA as certification (I guess that could be bad depending on how you look at it)

      Cons

      Way too many reorganizations. Accounting system problems drive way too much manual work that is mindless (the company has admitted in the 10-K their systems are worse compared to other companies). New jobs depend on business unit and your boss, if they don't want to promote you or if the business unit isn't doing well, too bad you're staying. Very public about no job is safe and layoffs can happen at anytime (accounting is pretty safe though). Headquarters is in Peoria, IL and is staying there.

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