Time for the CEO to go - Anonymous employee Caterpillar Employee Review

2.0
May 26, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

When business is good, the company is a fun place to work.

Cons

Unfortunately business has not been good and the CEO and CFO are not talented individuals, so the leadership's ability to adjust to the business environment has been horrendous. Many strategic mistakes made in the past 5 years, including the purchase of a mining company for 8+ billion at the peak of the mining bubble, the purchase of a Chinese company for half a billion only to find the company forged inventory records (leadership failed due diligence), a plan to build a new HQ in downtown Peoria IL when the State of Illinois is ranked one of the worst states to do business in. Should I go on?

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