If you go in with a mercenary mindset, you will thrive. - Insurance Compliance Specialist Caterpillar Employee Review

3.0
May 22, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

+ Great resume-building opportunity. + Opportunity to shift horizontally into new fields inside of the company. + Pay is decent after including the bonus.

Cons

- Current management is not transparent. - Caterpillar as a company/stock ticker is stable, but the internal enterprise is uncertain. Was an atmosphere of fear/distrust when I left. - Former loyalty is gone; used to be a "never leave" culture of lifers, but last round of layoffs hit several of the 15+ year people. - Highly corporate; bring your consultant's thesaurus.

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5.0
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Pros

Flexible, work life balance about the company

Cons

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2.0
Apr 30, 2026
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Recommend
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Pros

You are treated with autonomy, dignity, and respect. It is assumed you know how to do your job and are given the trust and means to do so. Compensation is above market value. Uncapped professional growth if you know how to play your cards right.

Cons

Working at Burger King and living from my car in Northern Michigan during the middle of winter was preferable to working on-site in Peoria. Project work was inherently meaningless and dictated almost entirely by the caste system this company has in Central, IL. My relocation had absolutely nothing to do with the role at hand and was a power play by management to get me to become a bleed-yellow Peorian in the CAT-corporate social club. The company loyalty here is absolutely disgusting and has nothing to do with the viability of the brand or product. Everyone is enamored with the status and wealth they've attained on account of not performing hard, manual, life-threatening labor. You would be hard-pressed to find anyone who actually cares about what goes on in the defense division or addressing the geopolitical anomalies between the former headquarters and the new business direction of the company.

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