Caterpillar reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(7,309 total reviews)

Joe Creed

68% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

Caterpillar has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 7,309 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
5.0
Nov 11, 2025

Fresher review

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work life balance is good

Cons

Complacently slow leading to stagnancy

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Caterpillar Response
7mo
We are happy to hear that you are experiencing a good work-life balance here at Caterpillar. Thank you for being a valuable member of #TeamCaterpillar and sharing your experience. As we look for ways to improve, your feedback is valued.
2.0
Nov 10, 2025

Disaster

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay and looks good on a resume

Cons

Absolutely horrendous experience. Constantly doing required learning. Constantly firefighting due to bureaucratic inefficiencies. I feel like I'm constantly doing compliance and forever stuck in meetings, creating constant need to work in the evenings and on weekends to get my actual work done. Zero work/life balance. I know several people have suffered health problems from the overwork. I feel like I'm constantly being told I'm at the wrong window, like a giant government agency that can't move so much as a paperclip without having to go through 50 miles of red tape. How is this company even still on the Fortune 100 list? It's arcane.

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