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 (142) , 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?

"They have very good benefits and they are friendly" ((in 626 reviews)); "Good work life balance and campany share scheme." ((in 576 reviews)); "Great people to work with on a daily basis and they make really neat products that help build the world." ((in 501 reviews)); "Good Culture and values." ((in 281 reviews)); "Great opportunities for different product and learning" ((in 165 reviews))

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

"Poor management and not observant" ((in 288 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs based on business" ((in 170 reviews)); "there are too many managers" ((in 126 reviews)); "Absolutely zero foresight from upper management." ((in 100 reviews)); "No job security and job always being threatened" ((in 78 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

Caterpillar reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(7,318 total reviews)

Joe Creed

67% 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 7,318 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

2.0

Jan 29, 2012

Nightmare for International Employees - Horrible Para Legal Department

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Recognized Brand Name. Good comeback after the drought in 2008/2009/2010

Cons

This place can kill your career growth esp for new international employees. They take clear advantage and force most employees to stay in same job with no promotion for as long as possible (sometimes 10 years) on the pretext of GC. They will keep delaying it as much as possible. Once application goes through (after 5 years or so) they will restrict you from moving as Govt says not to move until GC is complete. The paralegal department is a joke ... they have absolutely no clue of what they are doing most of the time.

5.0

Jan 28, 2012

Great place to work, laid back, can work hard and get on alot of projects or can just do your job and not do any extra.

Design engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Salary is great, bonus most years is fantastic.

Cons

Slow to make design changes, testing is slow, everything goes in slow motion.

2.0

Jan 25, 2012

Culture has changed.

It supervisor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Stability, pinnacle of the areas where it is the dominant employer, growing company with a strong future, sales strong overseas.

Cons

Things have changed markedly since downturn. Varies from business unit to business unit, some business units still look at employees as people, others see them as resources to be shuffled and cut as needed.

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Nightmare for International Employees - Horrible Para Legal Department

Great place to work, laid back, can work hard and get on alot of projects or can just do your job and not do any extra.

Culture has changed.

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