Hard workers steer clear - Material Handler II- Main Line Caterpillar Employee Review

3.0
Aug 1, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Decent benefits, 401k, quarterly bonuses

Cons

They tend to over work the decent workers and allow others to stand around. They hire people with no skill or background in this type of work and who can not keep up with the work pace or expect others to always come and do their jobs for them. Supervisors turn a blind eye to non compliance, and tend to promote on the basis of politically correct not on merit and hard work. They tend to hold annual raises and incentives.

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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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