Great company to work for if you don't mind relocating every once and a while. - Senior Associate Caterpillar Employee Review

5.0
Nov 11, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

The people are genuinely caring of one another here. I have yet to see anyone looking down at anyone else. Even the directors & VPs at Caterpillar aren't shy with conversing and mingling with those working at the ground level. Benefits are industry-leading and the pay is competitive. Work/Life balance is great, and the environment is very low-stress. They go the extra mile here to make sure their employees are happy.

Cons

Moving up in the ladder requires relocation. I am constantly seeing people get promoted, and at the same time, those people are usually relocating to a different facility, and sometimes even a different country. It seems like it would be very difficult to make your way up the ladder if you don't want to relocate.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

Low mobility to move up within company

2.0
Jun 10, 2026
Recommend
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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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