Excellent long term company to work for - Senior Engineer Caterpillar Employee Review

4.0
Apr 19, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Challenging assignments. Good work life balance Job Flexibility Multiple career paths depending on individual profile, performance and interests. Dual career moves for employee and spouse if moved outside of current work city. Dunlap school district is very good for kid's education

Cons

Industry market leader, but not a technology leader. Abuse of Six Sigma Job performance appraisal not consistent across various divisions Lot of middle management. Lot of focus on career development and training for management type postion, but not for technical roles More people "managing" than "doing"

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2.0
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Pros

Good health insurance and benefits, good yearly bonuses. The pay is good.

Cons

They are enforcing returning to office by any means necessary. They have lost many high-quality producers who have refused to relocate or refuse to come in. Here's the kicker - they are requiring in-person attendance at the Chicago office and there aren't even enough desks for everyone. It would be a literal fire hazard if we all came into the Chicago office at the same time, M-F, during business hours. No one knows how or if they are going to actually enforce this. Cost of gas is insane, Joe doesn't care about the workers. Or the work for that matter. It's obvious this is a soft layoff, they have made a bunch of people quit. Their internal design agency is falling apart, lots of people have quit, not only because of return to office but because of the toxic politics, favoritism, and lack of direction and accountability. Mediocre workers are allowed to keep their jobs ONLY because of their ability to put their bodies in a chair and work in-person. The other relocation option HR gave besides Chicago was Peoria. No one wants to live in Peoria for any reason whatsoever, be for real.

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