Good company to work in diverse fields, but run by old school executives with risk aversion to new technology - Senior Engineering Project Team Leader Caterpillar Employee Review

3.0
Jul 23, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Diverse and unique skills more tuned towards big machines. Decent pay and bonus that keeps changing with business conditions. Opportunity to work on diverse technologies. Hands on experience on engines and transmissions if you like to play with big fun toys. Gain valuable experience working in proving grounds.

Cons

Very few career growth opportunities. Climbing up the career ladder is more to do with rubbing shoulders with top management and less to do with talent. Executive management has no clue on market trends and lacks vision, makes impulsive decisions with on boarding and off-boarding programs every month wasting research dollars. To many managers and top level management compared to companies with similar revenues

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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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