Cat Great Products/ Old School Management - Senior IT Analyst Caterpillar Employee Review

2.0
Jan 15, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Awesome products and Reputation. Access to training on new technology. Experienced People who are willing to help each other. Peoria area is a low cost place to live. Originally came back for heath care at retirement, but that benefit was taken away. Global Travel opportunities and good vacation and benefits.

Cons

Old style managment, rust belt/factory atitude. Place is like the story of the emporers new clothes. The upper managment does not want to hear bad news when there mind is made up to do a project. The messengers are slaughtered. Too much of a good old boy club, very little diversity in upper management. Talk diveristy but not seen higher up. Too many levels, the originization lives in fear of upper management. LOTS OF TURF WARS

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Pros

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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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