Caterpillar has dropped its Midwest appeal so go work someplace nicer than Peoria. - Specialist Engineer Caterpillar Employee Review

1.0
Feb 8, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Peoria "was" my home town.

Cons

Caterpillars management is still based on the idea that Peoria is a captive market, Cat is the only game in town. That is how the strikes in the '80s began, corporate beligerance towards it hourly employees combined with market forces. When management employees were made to work in the factories in the '92 time frame, I worked in the factory as well, the CEO was heard saying he would like to replace all of the factory workers. He had no working relationship with the people making Caterpillar great, it is a shame. Upper Management at Caterpillar have lost touch with the working people and they have lost touch with the ideals and values of the solid Midwest companies. Caterpillar worships General Electric these days. Jim Owens is on the economic advisement board with Obama and General Electric.

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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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