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      Caterpillar

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      Caterpillar reviews

      4.0

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (7,328 total reviews)

      Joe Creed

      68% approve of CEO

      74% positive business outlook

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      Caterpillar has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 7,328 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
      Sep 16, 2014

      Many, many years with Cat

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Lots of opportunities to move within the company. Formerly great salary and benefits. Good people working very hard. Used to be something you could count on. Financially well-managed and conservative approach.

      Cons

      Work/life balance was a myth. Management-level employees were compensated well but expected to live for the company. Culture is stodgy, resistant to change and slow to adopt new ways of thinking, collaborating, and communicating. Post 2008 crash, experience was costly and cut from the company, resulting in great disservice to its future. Benefits not what they used to be, but that's typical of corporations everywhere. A bit Big-Brotherish.

      4.0
      Sep 6, 2014

      Innovative company with plethora of opportunities

      Manufacturing engineer iii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      1. Job related training is available to full time and contract employees 2. Depending on your education, pay scale and benefits such as 401K, vacation package are competitive 3. It is relatively easy to change your career path regardless of your education and experience.

      Cons

      1. In certain facilities, after you reach to certain professional level, it is difficult to further your career because of lack of opportunities 2. Leadership training is not offered to all full time employees. You have to reach to a certain salary grade before you have a shot at it.

      4.0
      Jul 22, 2014

      Great people, many opportunities, good pay, but culture changing

      Engineering manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      I love working with the people. Very focused on doing what is right for the customer and helping each other . People are paid well. Lots of opportunity to move around company. Excellent mentors around the company if you look for them. People genuinely like to help each other.

      Cons

      Seeing lots of turnover, especially in young, high potential people. Not enough emphasis on prioritization. This leads to too much workload for capacity and can lead to work life imbalance and high stress. Independent business units are driving a not invented here mentality that makes collaboration challenging at times (especially in higher level positions). At higher leadership levels, fear of consequences for decisions is driving a leadership that has a hard time making decisions. Large company leads to struggles with bureaucracy.

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