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?

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 (141) , Design Engineer (122) , Intern (113) , Manufacturing Engineer (113) , Senior Engineer (103) , Associate Engineer (100) , Manager (97) , Project Manager (74) , Estagiário (72) , Mechanical Engineer (63) , 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 644 reviews)); "Good work life balance and work support" ((in 578 reviews)); "Great people to work with on a daily basis and they make really neat products that help build the world." ((in 495 reviews)); "Good Culture and values." ((in 275 reviews)); "Great opportunities that can fulfill your career if your current assignment allows you to stick around long enough." ((in 165 reviews))

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

"Poor management and not observant" ((in 285 reviews)); "Many layoffs and they take your pay away whenever they want" ((in 162 reviews)); "Managers have too much authority to retaliate based on concerns you may have with compensation." ((in 121 reviews)); "It is very $$ driving, upper management does not care about their employee's only stock holders." ((in 103 reviews)); "No job security and job always being threatened" ((in 78 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.

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Caterpillar reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(7,296 total reviews)

Joe Creed

69% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Compensation and benefits

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Culture & values

3.8

Career opportunities

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.5

Senior management

Caterpillar has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 7,296 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

Aug 22, 2008

Caterpillar is improving - slowly

It analysis ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Job opportunities have improved with slightly improved options of moving around in department. Good technical environment with opportunity to be involved in projects. Slowly moving in the right direction of providing support and growth opportunities. Training plan with a minimum of 5 days external training in a year plus other internal training courses. Good access to WBT library

Cons

Still need to improve on coaching people when they take on new roles. Management need to be seen to be actively managing and coaching and not sticking their heads in the sand when problems arise. Need to understand that a good technical person does not make a good team leader or manager.

4.0

Aug 21, 2008

Good company trying to be great

Finance manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay, everyone wants to do the right thing and are willing to help. Management teams preach alot about getting people engaged and "walk the talk". Vast majority of the people at Caterpillar are hard working and there is a team mentality at getting things done. Very conscious about sustanability and moving the Company from Good to Great.

Cons

Frustratingly slow to change and accomplish tasks due to it matrix organization style. They need to take performance management more seriously as there are people here that have failed in their jobs, but are still around collecting big salaries. Actuely aware of their lack of diversity, but don't appear really sure how to change it. Caterpillar culture is admirable, but many lack a "common-sense" approach to dealing with, and tackling, problems.

4.0

Jul 23, 2008

Caterpillar understands it needs good people to be successful and people are proud of their work at the end of the day.

Senior engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Many opportunities to work in various fields, engineering, marketing, sales, product support etc. in addition to typical support roles such as IT, HR, medical etc. Good pay, great company history of creating products the world absolutely needs, stable management, promotions from within the company. I would want my children to work at Catepillar.

Cons

Career development for the majority of people is left entirely up to the individual employee. I wish the company took a bigger role in using and developing my strengths.

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