Caterpillar reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(7,310 total reviews)

Joe Creed

68% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

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
4.0
Feb 3, 2010

Caterpillar mid manager

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Employee friendly, good environment for building future leaders, employee loyalty strong, opportunity to work across the globe in various roles encouraged as part of professional growth

Cons

Change hard to manage due to size and stakeholders working in silos with short term focus of meeting metrics by managing them.

4.0
Jan 14, 2010

Caterpillar -- decent place

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good work/life balance in most divisions. Best jobs in Peoria area

Cons

Cyclical business hurts employees in down years Pretty conservative company. Slow to get into new markets or take advantage of opportunity. Workforce age distribution is very bi-modal -- lots of folks 50+ and lots <35. Not much in the middle.

3.0
Jan 8, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

International compagny that provides opportunity to young graduates. Correct package reward. Great opportunity to go Global. I good company to start in.

Cons

Midle management is not strong enough to carry top management vision. Tendency to forget values in economic crises. Poor career management of mid-career hires. Not a good company to start if you have already experience.

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