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      4.0

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (7,310 total reviews)

      Joe Creed

      68% approve of CEO

      74% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Compensation and benefits

      3.9

      Culture & values

      3.9

      Diversity & inclusion

      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 7,310 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
      Oct 8, 2010

      Caterpillar Electronics Business Unit - Software Test Engineer

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Conservative, stable corporation that offers a great 401(k) program and good medical/dental benefits. Paid vacation, paid holidays and personal days provide you with plenty of time to do the things you want to do outside of work. Finally, the company actually stands behind its tuition reimbursement program unlike other companies (CAT paid 90% of my tuition in getting my MBA from Bradley Univ.).

      Cons

      Once hired into a specific business unit of the company, it is very difficult to transfer to another business unit. Senior mgmt prefers that employees remain in the business unit they were hired into indefinitely. There needs to be more performance feedback reviews for each employee. Too often this gets ignored by managers because of other higher priorities from their own supervisor.

      1.0
      Oct 1, 2010

      Management needs to get their heads out of the sand!

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The health insurance wasn't terrible, but the co-pay's were starting to go up when I left. The dental coverage was mediocre, and the vision coverage was better than average.

      Cons

      Terrible management attitude towards Unionized employees, but that's not that the Union was any better at treating its members at times. Managers, especially the decent ones, got shuffled around a lot, and most liked to micromanage and criticize and would be very scarce on praise, if offered at all.

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