Great History - Interesting Times Now - Be Cautious - Marketing Caterpillar Employee Review

3.0
Jul 29, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Long history or amazing products. Pays fairly well. Great benefits. Good bonus when times are good. Offices around the world.

Cons

Feast or famine. Could layoff 5,000 people at one time and has multiple times. Cutting out divisions now. Too many silos and new CEO want more group autonomy which is not a good thing. He needs to set the direction and we never see him. Moved all officers out of Peoria to Deerfield, IL. Lied about reasons - real reason is CEO hates Peoria. And wanted to live in Chicago area. At least tell the truth.

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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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