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 (142) , Design Engineer (122) , Intern (113) , Manufacturing Engineer (113) , Senior Engineer (103) , Associate Engineer (100) , Manager (97) , 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 638 reviews)); "Good work life balance and campany share scheme." ((in 583 reviews)); "Great people to work with on a daily basis and they make really neat products that help build the world." ((in 493 reviews)); "Good Culture and values." ((in 289 reviews)); "Good work environment and friendly" ((in 154 reviews))

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

"Poor management and not observant" ((in 295 reviews)); "Massive layoffs when the economy is bad" ((in 163 reviews)); "Managers have too much authority to retaliate based on concerns you may have with compensation." ((in 123 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 77 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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4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(7,304 total reviews)

Joe Creed

68% 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

3.4

Senior management

Caterpillar has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 7,304 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

1.0

Mar 18, 2025

Quiet firing!

Engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Interesting job Development opportunities Benefits

Cons

The company has made a sudden change on flexible working. In two years it went from fully flexible to a 3 days per week in the office to 5 with little to no notice demonstrating complete disregard to its employees well being and mental health.

1.0

Jan 7, 2025

Candidate for Senior IT Analyst Technical Infrastructure (Senior Cloud Engineer )

Senior it analyst/systems administrator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I have faced an issue while giving my interview on Senior IT Analyst Technical Infrastructure (Senior Cloud Engineer ) - Technical. But interview panel is from non-technical background and only stick to one word that "do you have experiance on Gen AI" not ready to listen to the candidate and about to disconnect the call. The same i have highlighted to TA team but they just informed me that you don't have an experiance in GEN AI and don't want to waste the time that's why the panel is about to disconnect the call. If this is the situation then how come my profile has been shortlisted for an interview.

Cons

Be nice to the candidate don't come up with agreasive mode Allow candidate to elabourate their skills and experinace Technical interview should schedule with technical manager or equal level not with non-tech person.

1.0

Jul 17, 2024

Caterpillar - AVOID

Engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

There really are none, besides listing a big name company on your resume after two years of enduring mental punishment and boredom.

Cons

Backstabbing and petty middle management. Regular employees are treated like a number.

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