Does Caterpillar pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Caterpillar employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Caterpillar. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Caterpillar?

78% of Caterpillar employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Caterpillar 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Caterpillar?

Engineer (296) , Software Engineer (143) , Design Engineer (122) , Manufacturing Engineer (115) , Intern (114) , Senior Engineer (103) , Associate Engineer (100) , Manager (98) , Project Manager (74) , Estagiário (72) , Mechanical Engineer (64) , Warehouse Associate (60) , Engineering Manager (58) , Section Manager (57) , Internship (53)

What are the pros of working at Caterpillar according to real employee reviews?

"Good Working Quality and Benefits" ((in 642 reviews)); "Good work life balance and work support" ((in 573 reviews)); "Great people to work with on a daily basis and they make really neat products that help build the world." ((in 499 reviews)); "Good Culture and values." ((in 290 reviews)); "Good work environment and friendly" ((in 164 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Caterpillar according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management and not observant" ((in 296 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs based on business" ((in 159 reviews)); "there are too many managers" ((in 126 reviews)); "It is very $$ driving, upper management does not care about their employee's only stock holders." ((in 102 reviews)); "No job security and job always being threatened" ((in 82 reviews))

What are employees saying about Caterpillar layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Caterpillar layoffs and their outlook for job security at Caterpillar in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Caterpillar locations?

Grenoble , Paris , Échirolles , Saint-Denis , Arras , Quincieux , Clamart , Suresnes , Onnaing , Marne-la-Vallee

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Caterpillar reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(7,327 total reviews)

Joe Creed

68% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

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Caterpillar has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 7,327 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).

Reviews by job title

7K reviews

3.0

Jun 5, 2013

Not the best place to work for

Associate engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good work environment,descent compensation and flexible timings in design center

Cons

no growth opportunity, back end work at design center

2.0

May 29, 2013

"Dialing for Dollard for Doug and Diane" (read Doug's Business Week article)

Technical manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Not the company it once was

Cons

Employees come behind shareholders at all costs

2.0

May 27, 2013

Catterpillar

Design engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Not a great company to work

Cons

Not place to work if you really like to work on things You can sit around and do nothing for years many people doing same job (FAT organization) So Many Layers.... Difficult to get reorganization.

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