Caterpillar reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(7,323 total reviews)

Joe Creed

67% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

Caterpillar has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 7,323 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Caterpillar employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Industrie manufacturière industry (3.5 stars).

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7K reviews
4.0
Aug 14, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Total package (bonus / pension / share scheme / health) is very good. Very large team to work with. Good processes.

Cons

Limited opportunity for upward progression in UK. Job roles being down graded. Too much red tape / bureaucracy. Promotion based on time served, not capability.

1.0
Aug 13, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of redundancy so you dont actually do a lot Decent pay for Illinois if you aren't in the Chicago office People actually have heard of the company you work for The equipment they make is needed, so they won't just dissolve into nothing

Cons

Everything is outdated So much bloat, a team of summer interns can do more better than a task force of 100 Full time employees, in multiple areas managers do not know their jobs, technology, or the business HR is terrible and actively tries to push people out (RTO, bonus cutting). Replacing US jobs and workers with foreign

2.0
Aug 13, 2025

Pay artention

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pay, schedule, raises, environment, growth

Cons

Growth, point system, management, heat index, time off

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