Does Caterpillar pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Caterpillar employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Caterpillar. This rating has improved by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Caterpillar?

77% of Caterpillar employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Caterpillar 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Caterpillar?

Engineer (296) , Software Engineer (143) , Design Engineer (122) , Manufacturing Engineer (115) , Intern (114) , Senior Engineer (103) , Associate Engineer (100) , Manager (98) , Project Manager (74) , Estagiário (72) , Mechanical Engineer (64) , Warehouse Associate (60) , Engineering Manager (58) , Section Manager (57) , Internship (53)

What are the pros of working at Caterpillar according to real employee reviews?

"Good Working Quality and Benefits" ((in 628 reviews)); "Good work life balance and work support" ((in 574 reviews)); "Great people to work with on a daily basis and they make really neat products that help build the world." ((in 498 reviews)); "Good Culture and values." ((in 279 reviews)); "Good work environment and friendly" ((in 162 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Caterpillar according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management and not observant" ((in 294 reviews)); "Many layoffs and they take your pay away whenever they want" ((in 156 reviews)); "Managers have too much authority to retaliate based on concerns you may have with compensation." ((in 127 reviews)); "It is very $$ driving, upper management does not care about their employee's only stock holders." ((in 100 reviews)); "No job security and job always being threatened" ((in 79 reviews))

What are employees saying about Caterpillar layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Caterpillar layoffs and their outlook for job security at Caterpillar in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Caterpillar locations?

Buenos Aires , General Belgrano

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Caterpillar reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(7,320 total reviews)

Joe Creed

67% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

Company ratings over time

Ratings trend for the last 6 months (7,320 reviews)

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Caterpillar has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 7,320 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).

Reviews by job title

7K reviews

3.0

Jun 15, 2011

Good learning experience

Associate engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

It is a good company overall. Onsite oppurtunites are available every now and then. Salary is also nice compared to other companies.

Cons

We can learn new things in the intial stages but later on it gets saturated and only way to learn is new job

4.0

Jun 11, 2011

Great

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great place to work and grow.

Cons

Internal Politics dominate top management

4.0

Jun 6, 2011

15 years, Electrical

Engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good compensation, good company structure

Cons

Travel a lot, not much really

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