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

3.0

Mar 7, 2016

Used to be a great place to work...

It analyst iii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay in a city with low cost of living, good benefits

Cons

Fear of layoffs and instability causes widespread fear among employees. As layoffs continue, word from upper management is that we want to increase "velocity". In other words, do things 2 times as fast with 1/2 of the staff since we just let them go. No lateral movement.

1.0

Apr 9, 2011

Very bad experience, not ethical, poor implementation of policies, every department has its own rules and regulatinos

Engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great compensation and company is making good acquisation which will lead caterpillar much further to progress.

Cons

Not ethical, Not commited, does not stand on promised words, very poor communication and management. HR and Legal are very bad. Very poor in handling immigration.

1.0

Feb 8, 2009

Caterpillar has dropped its Midwest appeal so go work someplace nicer than Peoria.

Specialist engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Peoria "was" my home town.

Cons

Caterpillars management is still based on the idea that Peoria is a captive market, Cat is the only game in town. That is how the strikes in the '80s began, corporate beligerance towards it hourly employees combined with market forces. When management employees were made to work in the factories in the '92 time frame, I worked in the factory as well, the CEO was heard saying he would like to replace all of the factory workers. He had no working relationship with the people making Caterpillar great, it is a shame. Upper Management at Caterpillar have lost touch with the working people and they have lost touch with the ideals and values of the solid Midwest companies. Caterpillar worships General Electric these days. Jim Owens is on the economic advisement board with Obama and General Electric.

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