Not what they used to be. - Anonymous employee Caterpillar Employee Review

4.0
May 5, 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good company that rewards employees for delivering and executing. Good benefits and improved work locations and conditions (work from home).

Cons

No longer a "for life" work place with less and less loyalty to employees. Promote strong values but is only enforced and supported it to a point, but equally will take the opportunity to make drastic and unwarranted reductions without any notice or warning.

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Pros

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Cons

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Caterpillar Response
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Thank you so much for taking a moment to share your experience. We are glad to hear that you had experienced a good culture and had found Caterpillar to be a great company to work with.
2.0
Apr 30, 2026
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Recommend
CEO approval
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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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