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) , Intern (114) , Manufacturing Engineer (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 641 reviews)); "Good work life balance and Moderate Package" ((in 581 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 280 reviews)); "Good work culture and learning curve is good" ((in 163 reviews))

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

"Poor management and not observant" ((in 290 reviews)); "Massive layoffs when economic times are bad" ((in 165 reviews)); "Managers have too much authority to retaliate based on concerns you may have with compensation." ((in 122 reviews)); "Absolutely zero foresight from upper management." ((in 99 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

(7,314 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 7,314 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

3.0

Aug 22, 2011

Okay overall.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of jobs, pay is good and benefits are okay

Cons

Long hours expected on some jobs - especially accounting.

4.0

Aug 20, 2011

Good growth opportunities, good outsight for business

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Global Leader, Great Products, best dealer network. Good opportunities for new hires. Very nice Pay & benefits. Competent peer groups

Cons

Wavering mindset of Senior Management. Poor people coaching and mentoring. Not enough alignment with goals & work of people. Poor succession planning at lower levels.

2.0

Aug 9, 2011

A Great Company Struggling with Transition to a Very Large Organization

Purchasing

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Caterpillar is a very large world wide organization offering many varied career paths and different opportunities. The product is great and easy to take pride in. The brand is well known, and the company looks good on your resume. Compensation is good, particularly if you're located in central Illinois. If you find a good role and a good organization it can be an exciting and challenging place to work.

Cons

Caterpillar has grown to several times its size when I hired in, but I'm not sure it's handling the transition from a small networking focused company to a large organization. It is struggling to recognize and enable key talent. Good people are not always recognized or rewarded for good work, while sometimes people are rated well and/or promoted just so they can be "gotten rid of." That's not a sustainable process, so it's something they need to work on, as it has resulted in some very questionable in critical management positions.

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