10 Years of Waiting for Other Shoe to Drop - Parts and Services Marketing Consultant Caterpillar Employee Review

1.0
Apr 22, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Some of the best pay in the industry. Most are overpaid in fact, which causes it's own problems.

Cons

Lip service to the Code of Conduct while pulling some of the most unethical maneuvers and treating employees as a disposable asset to be flexed for ROI while demanding greater output from those remaining to maintain velocity. HR Managers have no idea what's actually in the employee manual, and don't seem to care. Mid-level managers do whatever they want, crack racist and homophobic jokes, and then expect good leadership and Employee Opinion Survey ratings. Company finally eliminated EOS because employee satisfaction had become interminably low due to continuously increasing Exececutives compensation and paying out on their Bonus Plans while canceling the incentive plan for everyone else. I guess decided why let employees see everyone else is just as disgruntled and risk return of unions. Managers didn't adapt well to push by new CEO Jim Umplby to actually write Goals at start of year Vs. just fudging a summary of what employees did at end of year as "Goals". Managers were suddenly expected to coach and mentor, treating the "Manager" part of the job with top priority, which threw a company full of incompetent mid-level managers into disarray.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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Thank you for taking a moment to share your experience. We are glad to hear that you had found Caterpillar as a great company to work with.
2.0
Jun 10, 2026
Recommend
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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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