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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 Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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      7K reviews
      3.0
      Mar 4, 2020

      Overall Culture Change - not for the better

      Human resources
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Caterpillar's overall compensation was good, most of the people were nice.

      Cons

      Leadership was so out of touch with reality. More days than not, we often felt the tension of a toxic environment.

      1.0
      Dec 17, 2019

      Data clueless

      Data scientist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Absolutely nothing, Caterpillar is essentially level 0 in terms of data analytics preparedness.

      Cons

      It's a joke to think Caterpillar even has a data analytics department. The Accenture experiment with Morgan was a bust. Uptake was a bust. Caterpillar can't buy a data analytic win (and if they could they would!). Any data scientists still in the enterprise should find jobs outside that will pay roughly 20-30% more while keeping comparable benefits.

      2.0
      Jul 10, 2017

      Stuck Doing the Old Ways, Yet Advertize They are Innovating and Digital

      Product development
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good pay for the area.

      Cons

      Career Planning? Why bother! Give, push, and fight for the customer or to do things right - nope? High performers were let go fall 2016 with only explanation of "Sorry, we have no place for you in the company" during a hostile takeover of the product development division. 8 months later they disband the new merged division. Now voluntary attrition of those left seeing what happened around them has been increasing.

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