Ok Pay for easy but antiquated work, but terrible company and management - Lead Data Scientist Caterpillar Employee Review

1.0
Aug 13, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Lots of redundancy so you dont actually do a lot Decent pay for Illinois if you aren't in the Chicago office People actually have heard of the company you work for The equipment they make is needed, so they won't just dissolve into nothing

Cons

Everything is outdated So much bloat, a team of summer interns can do more better than a task force of 100 Full time employees, in multiple areas managers do not know their jobs, technology, or the business HR is terrible and actively tries to push people out (RTO, bonus cutting). Replacing US jobs and workers with foreign

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Cons

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2.0
Apr 30, 2026
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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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