HR Senior Manager - Human Resources Manager Caterpillar Employee Review

3.0
Dec 6, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great People, great product, great dealer and customer focus, positioned well for future growth, interesting travel opportunities, high skill level in most people.

Cons

Company dropped from $68B to $38B in last three years. Continue market recovery issues and major decision mistakes have hurt company. 30,000 people removed over last few years. If coal, oil and China recover, company will do well. Terrible feel to work environment with so many people removed. Loss of highly skilled managers may not bode well for long term. Company in slow, but continual, move toward overseas that will only spell more issues for US based employees.

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Cons

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Pros

Good health insurance and benefits, good yearly bonuses. The pay is good.

Cons

They are enforcing returning to office by any means necessary. They have lost many high-quality producers who have refused to relocate or refuse to come in. Here's the kicker - they are requiring in-person attendance at the Chicago office and there aren't even enough desks for everyone. It would be a literal fire hazard if we all came into the Chicago office at the same time, M-F, during business hours. No one knows how or if they are going to actually enforce this. Cost of gas is insane, Joe doesn't care about the workers. Or the work for that matter. It's obvious this is a soft layoff, they have made a bunch of people quit. Their internal design agency is falling apart, lots of people have quit, not only because of return to office but because of the toxic politics, favoritism, and lack of direction and accountability. Mediocre workers are allowed to keep their jobs ONLY because of their ability to put their bodies in a chair and work in-person. The other relocation option HR gave besides Chicago was Peoria. No one wants to live in Peoria for any reason whatsoever, be for real.

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