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      4.0

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (7,326 total reviews)

      Joe Creed

      68% approve of CEO

      74% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Caterpillar has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 7,326 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
      2.0
      May 19, 2025

      Changed so much in 6months

      Project manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great people, interesting work, good pay / benefits... but a big change recently...

      Cons

      Move from a flexible / hybrid work to a global expectation of 5d Return to Office with explana3or consultation

      2.0
      Sep 29, 2023

      Nice Coworkers but Look Elsewhere for Data Science

      Data scientist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Many interesting problems to work on, especially if you can work with different business units. The people you work with are good people. The kinds of projects you work on are useful to show your data science ability. Work life balance is a huge plus, as people are flexible about when and where you work. However, this is dependent on division and not universal across the company.

      Cons

      Senior and general management knows next to nothing about data science. The management is toxic, arguing amongst themselves in front of employees for hours, trying to take over other team’s projects, and trying to market themselves to their VP while putting others down. The constant reorganizations (at least once per year) is incredibly exhausting. Teams are also not given what they need to actually perform projects - the IT securities are incredibly overreaching to the point that any new idea and new testing takes months to actually achieve even though you are using the exact same technology products that other internal teams are using. Promotions are based on length of time in the company instead of contribution and capabilities. Compensation is towards bottom quartile for the industry.

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