Caterpillar reviews

No growth and development in Chennai offices Bad work culture here unlike in USA They always run after the hours rather than focussing on employee growth and development, no timely promotions.. Oppurtunities are given to only Tamilians, No diversity no inclusion...if you are a non tamilian you should forget about you career growth Managers and supervisors uplift their sub ordinates only those who worship them as gods and does personal favours......like get food for them, pay bills for them, give gifts, This is definitely not a place if you are ambitious... People who still work here are those who are either not ambitious or lack in skills that outside market wants, few members are exceptional though. Currently Cat is going throught rough case until 2018, but this is not uncommon to US over past several years. Managers at chennai offices does emotional blackmail their subordinates ....Cat never sponsers H1B visas,they sponsor only L1B , H3 and J1 visas, onsite travels are limited to only 1 year even though project requires us to be there which is pathetic, and they give those only their Tamil pets which is disasterous . You are very lucky if you get a promotion under 3years. Interal depart movements are just for a name sake and never happened transparently. So please do not expect that job change within CAT is as easy as possible , this is true especially in India that too in chennai.

Too many to list, but if I had one complaint it is that there are a lot of the good ol' boy network that still exists. A lot of managers don't deserve to be in their positions and if you question them, they get indignant and you are automatically on their list - and they will figure out a way to get rid of you. Other than that, you have a CEO who is a wannabe celebrity who likes to appear on MSNBC and CNN only when there is something good to report - when times are tough he is as quiet as a church mouse. The company is buying back stock because they have nothing better to invest in other than themselves - it helps artificially boost the stock price and of course those at the top of the company have a LOT of stock - check Yahoo finance and look at all the inside option transactions after a stock bump. If you are thinking that this is a green company, a diverse company, and inclusive company, a sustainable company then guess again - they latch on to every hot-button issue you can think of and install an office and an official with some staff so they can SAY they care about the environment, etc., but the bottom line is they know talking the talk is a way to promote themselves - they don't actually care about these programs as much as they do the benefit they get by saying they embrace them. - Just an FYI to anyone who may care to read this - CAT will be making a lot of product in Mexico in the future to avoid all the pitfalls of doing business in the USA.