Former Bucyrus Employee - Mid Level Management Caterpillar Employee Review

1.0
Sep 20, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Pay and Benefits are comparable to the industry

Cons

Cat believes they are innovative and forward thinking but in fact they are mired in the past. Some of their systems are antiquated and so many times we heard 'this is the CAT way - we've been successful for 100-plus years'. Not so forward thinking. They really hate new ideas - especially from 'non-Cat bred' people. Mining was dying anyhow but Cat and their arrogance sure helped it along quickly. HR is pretty much a joke. Management is arrogant and uncaring about people's personal lives so the work/life balance they talk about is just that - talk. They seem to like employees living in fear and trying to step on one another - so much for 'teamwork'. Decent pay but not a good work environment. Employees do not trust management or HR.

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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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