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 been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Caterpillar?

78% 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, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Caterpillar?

Engineer (296) , Software Engineer (142) , Design Engineer (122) , Intern (114) , Manufacturing Engineer (113) , Senior Engineer (103) , Associate Engineer (100) , Manager (98) , Project Manager (74) , Estagiário (72) , Mechanical Engineer (64) , Warehouse Associate (60) , Engineering Manager (57) , Section Manager (57) , Internship (53)

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

"Good Working Quality and Benefits" ((in 660 reviews)); "Good work life balance and work support" ((in 570 reviews)); "Great people to work with on a daily basis and they make really neat products that help build the world." ((in 496 reviews)); "Good Culture and values." ((in 289 reviews)); "Great to work there and opportunity" ((in 159 reviews))

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

"Poor management and not observant" ((in 284 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs based on business" ((in 161 reviews)); "there are too many managers" ((in 124 reviews)); "It is very $$ driving, upper management does not care about their employee's only stock holders." ((in 102 reviews)); "No job security and job always being threatened" ((in 83 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

78% would recommend to a friend

(7,310 total reviews)

Joe Creed

68% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Compensation and benefits

3.9

Culture & values

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Career opportunities

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.4

Senior management

Caterpillar has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 7,310 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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Reviews by job title

7K reviews

4.0

Dec 24, 2008

Good leadership and top and bottom - middle needs improvement

6 sigma black belt

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great pay for the location (Central Illinois), good opportunities to move up - high performers are noticed and rewarded. I have had a good experience overall with moving up and being rewarded. Also a lot of opportunity (in good times) to move around the country and world... both in travel and in relocation.

Cons

Low performers hang around and get away with doing nothing. This has an adverse effect on the rest of the employees, as well, as they end up picking up the slack and seeing nothing get done to right the problems. There is a serious issue with communication in the high-to-mid management levels - the very top (VP and CEO) and bottom (line supervisors) do a great job.

4.0

Dec 3, 2008

Great Place to work

Section manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

There are a bunch of good people that work at Caterpillar. The benefits are good and there is great room for advancement. Even though my job is stressful I enjoy going to work each day. Most days are rewarding.

Cons

The communication throughout the enterprise is very sub-par.

4.0

Dec 2, 2008

Caterpillar is a good place to work

Senior engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Well respected company, job security, good compensation

Cons

Has too much of a big company feel sometimes

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