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      4.0

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (7,298 total reviews)

      Joe Creed

      69% approve of CEO

      74% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Compensation and benefits

      4.0

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.9

      Culture & values

      3.8

      Career opportunities

      3.7

      Work/Life balance

      3.5

      Senior management

      Caterpillar has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 7,298 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
      Sep 20, 2008

      Large company with many opportunities if you have the persistence and desire to pursue them.

      Senior engineering specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Large company with stable employment. Layoffs are rare. Opportunity to work in a variety of locations around the world in many different types of jobs. Engineers in product development can be involved in all phases of the development process from design, to testing and production. It is very rewarding to participate in the design life cycle of Cat products.

      Cons

      Large company with resulting political issues. It can take a long time and a lot of people to get something done. Office environment is very bad. Large open office spaces with small cubicles and no windows. The company has become very process oriented, so much so that many times the implementation of the process seems to be more important than the results. 6 Sigma is still the mantra. Promotions can be difficult if a person wants to stay on a technical track and not move around to different jobs.

      5.0
      Sep 19, 2008

      Great company with good values, good pay, and lots of opportunities

      Black belt
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Lots of opportunities to work in various work groups. Overseas opportunities and several work locations throughout the US as well. The pay is great, 95th percentile for most jobs.

      Cons

      Diversity quotas sometimes hurt internal applicants who don't meet those criteria. Diversity is a great thing, but a lot of companies, including Cat, have swung the pendulum far left. It's a difficult balance.

      5.0
      Sep 19, 2008

      Caterpillar - world leader that is highly ethical and values people.

      Engineering manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Caterpillar is a global leader in its industry, and invests accordingly in people. People generally have opportunity to grow their careers in direction of their choice, have global mobility options, and I feel have genuine respect from top management. In addition, Caterpillar is extremely ethical, with management required to annually disclose any actions or situations they are aware of that are possibly in violation of their code of conduct. Every year, employees complete employee surveys that provide opportunity for anonymous feedback. Managers are evaluated on these results, and so are 'held to the fire' to be responsive to employees concerns,

      Cons

      The majority of locations are not in high profile urban areas, and so it is not convenient to include some of those advantages in personal life. For instance, Cat's global headquarters are in Peoria, Il. Peoria has 300k people and 1M in 60 mile radius, So, they only have minor league hockey and baseball, and arena football, and a university (Bradley) that doesn't have a football team. It is 3 hour drive to Chicago, St. Louis, or Indy. Other major locations are Decatur, Il, Lafayette, In, Raleigh, NC, and Aurora, Il. Intl locations are Grenoble, France, Geneva, Gossellies, Peterborough, UK., Sagami, Japan, and Piricicabo, Brazil - nice places, but again for the most part, are not the major metropolitan centers.

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