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      Caterpillar reviews

      4.0

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (7,326 total reviews)

      Joe Creed

      68% approve of CEO

      74% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Compensation and benefits

      3.9

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.8

      Culture & values

      3.8

      Career opportunities

      3.7

      Work/Life balance

      3.4

      Senior management

      Caterpillar has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 7,326 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Caterpillar employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufactura industry (3.5 stars).

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      7K reviews
      4.0
      Jan 30, 2009

      Generally a great place to work, but not perfect.

      Engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The size makes it stable and able to afford "bells & whistles". There are tons of opportunities to do things in your career that are only tangentially related to your past.

      Cons

      Just because you're necessary, it doesn't make you important. You are a number. The facilities are so spread out that travel is a necessity. The expected amount of time is more than 40hours/week. Some of the campuses are very large, and difficult to navigate.

      3.0
      Jan 29, 2009

      2 sides of a coin !

      Engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Invests heavily in R&D, has many learning opportunities if you are willing to go the extra mile, flexible work hours, very talented young engineering pool, great benefits and competitive pay, loads of travel opportunities, great place for a starting engineer to get experience in many areas

      Cons

      culture that stifles new ideas, bureaucratic and red tape, bad mid-level management, worse executive management, history-book example of how not to use 6-sixma, have to deal with midwest weather, has a lot of economic waste, encourages "yes" man culture, management does not like to hear bad news, Open discussions are not encouraged

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