Caterpillar is the epitome of the 'good ol' boys club'. - Recruitment Solutions Manager Caterpillar Employee Review

3.0
Nov 4, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

- Huge organization, tons of opportunity to advance beyond the role you were hired in at - They are a global leader and have the potential to make some really amazing things happen - The teams are very large and nobody seems to be stretched too thin

Cons

- They move their headquarters frequently, which causes a lot of ambiguity and anxiety on if you are going to have to move with it - Office politics are fierce, you play by the rules or you get weeded out quickly - Everything is ridiculously siloed; there is almost zero collaboration within a function, let alone cross-functionally

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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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