Caterpillar reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(7,325 total reviews)

Joe Creed

67% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

Caterpillar has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 7,325 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 Manufactura industry (3.5 stars).

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7K reviews
1.0
Apr 22, 2019
Recommend
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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.

1.0
Feb 20, 2019

Stay away if you are a woman

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Location- If you like small Midwest City

Cons

If you are a minority woman - Stay away!!!

1.0
Dec 22, 2018

Senior leaders are dysfunctional.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great industry, loyal customers and global reach.

Cons

Never ending revolving door at senior leadership level means constantly shifts in strategy...resulting in failure to execute. CEO is out of touch and has little contact with employees. Morale is declining at all levels and seniority.

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