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 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Caterpillar?

77% 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 628 reviews)); "Good work life balance and work support" ((in 574 reviews)); "Great people to work with on a daily basis and they make really neat products that help build the world." ((in 498 reviews)); "Good Culture and values." ((in 279 reviews)); "Good work environment and friendly" ((in 162 reviews))

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

"Poor management and not observant" ((in 294 reviews)); "Many layoffs and they take your pay away whenever they want" ((in 156 reviews)); "Managers have too much authority to retaliate based on concerns you may have with compensation." ((in 127 reviews)); "It is very $$ driving, upper management does not care about their employee's only stock holders." ((in 100 reviews)); "No job security and job always being threatened" ((in 79 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

77% would recommend to a friend

(7,320 total reviews)

Joe Creed

67% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Compensation and benefits

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Culture & values

3.8

Career opportunities

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.4

Senior management

Caterpillar has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 7,320 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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Reviews by job title

7K reviews

4.0

Apr 23, 2012

Rewarding

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Opportunities exist in many different fields within the same company. You can change carriers without changing companies. The people I work with are some of the best people in their field of expertise. Everyone gets along very well.

Cons

Promotions seem to be controlled more by popularity than by effort or accomplishments. You can do well in your job, but if your supervisor isn't aware of everything you do, or can't communicate it to other supervisors and higher management, you're stuck.

3.0

Apr 16, 2012

It has been ok.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The opportunity to advance in your job and pay level are rewarding.

Cons

It is very much a who you know company

1.0

Apr 16, 2012

All shop employes are very upset with Caterpillars lies, cheapness, arrogance towards workers

Assembly and test techniciam

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The salary is good and the current benefits package is good but we are negotiatng a new contract up May 1st 2012. They want to take everything away from the workers then they will not have anything positive for any workers to go there.

Cons

everything their lies, deception ,cheapness extreme greed of the company. They always want to take more from you are godless, cheap, unethical,heartless , horrible place to work,

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