Caterpillar reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(7,320 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 7,320 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).

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7K reviews
4.0
May 10, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Great people to work with and good compensation (especially when the company is doing well)

Cons

Job can be very monotonous and growth opportunities can be severely limited depending on which group you are working in. Moreover, Peoria is a very dull city and for young people it can be very boring ...

2.0
May 1, 2011

Good pay but bad culture

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pay and benefits (health insurance, vacation time, etc) very good. *Potential* opportunities to move around in the US and internationally.

Cons

Politics and definitely a good ol' boys club. Favoritism for those who tell the leadership what they want to hear instead those who speak the truth. Some individuals were promoted 4 "Salary Grades" in less than 3 years without college degree, yet others without college degrees at entry-level salaried positions are told they can not advance. Company claims to have values of Integrity, Excellence, Teamwork, and Commitment. Integrity is not the highest, and there is a complete and utter lack of teamwork between functional silos especially between operations and engineering but even within the operations side of the business. A large percentage of Peoria residents work at Caterpillar, and I know hundreds of them. Unfortunately, I can't think of one person I have met that likes working there.

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