Fall from grace of values - Director Caterpillar Employee Review

1.0
Nov 19, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It’s a global company with a long history for being a value based company. Great company for developing products to meet customer needs with quality.

Cons

The company has changed from being value based and taking care of employees, to now just concerned about their own bottom line. Tax breaks were not shared in anyway with employees, which the CEO proudly told employees. When deciding to move on to another company for family reasons they made judgment of every policy relating to my departure in their favour. To include a housing appreciation cost dating back to the selling of my house when asked to move by the company. The company does not have a good way to measure performance as they have leaders whom simply play politics without execution. Furthermore, although half of their revenue/factories/people are located outside of the USA there still is a culture everything good comes out of Peoria. There still is a lack of diversity within the company and in many cases not aligned with other cultures they do business.

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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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