Don't join or leave while you can - Project Manager Caterpillar Employee Review

1.0
Feb 7, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Good comradery with some collegues Good pay Still some good people around Values in Action principle Talent Management System system Employee Opinion Survey system

Cons

Where do I start? Incompetent Management Promotions that just make you shake your head, because they are incompetent non-performers Nepotism Slow decision making Its all about who you know and if you are 'in the club' Values in Action implementation Talent Management System is not used Employee Opinion Survey does not drive any tangible action Performance Appraisal System means nothing They preach "the best management training is leaders teaching other leaders" - i.e. CAT has no budget for proper management training CAT does not deal with poor performance. You can laze around doing nothing or being imcompetent and nothing happens No real diversity after a certain level of management. Good people are leaving one by one In most areas, less than 25% of the people generate 75% of the results. The rest generate hot air. No investment in product because they waste it. The competition is leaving CAT behind more and more Decision by committee instead of by experience Its getting worse not better!

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Cons

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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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