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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Pros

Good health insurance and benefits, good yearly bonuses. The pay is good.

Cons

They are enforcing returning to office by any means necessary. They have lost many high-quality producers who have refused to relocate or refuse to come in. Here's the kicker - they are requiring in-person attendance at the Chicago office and there aren't even enough desks for everyone. It would be a literal fire hazard if we all came into the Chicago office at the same time, M-F, during business hours. No one knows how or if they are going to actually enforce this. Cost of gas is insane, Joe doesn't care about the workers. Or the work for that matter. It's obvious this is a soft layoff, they have made a bunch of people quit. Their internal design agency is falling apart, lots of people have quit, not only because of return to office but because of the toxic politics, favoritism, and lack of direction and accountability. Mediocre workers are allowed to keep their jobs ONLY because of their ability to put their bodies in a chair and work in-person. The other relocation option HR gave besides Chicago was Peoria. No one wants to live in Peoria for any reason whatsoever, be for real.

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