Lots of opportunities to move to different careers withing one company. - Senior IT Analyst Caterpillar Employee Review

4.0
Jun 18, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Caterpillar is very diverse in terms of the types of jobs available. Many people celebrate 35 year anniversaries working at Cat. If you want to change your career, you don't have to leave Cat. Plus as a new employee they will take you out to the proving grounds where you can play with the big equipment we make.

Cons

Management sometimes seems clueless in the decisions they make, especially technology decisions. Vendors aren't picked because they have the right product but rather because they have made a mass purchase deal and have something that "might work". They also don't know how to deal with technical employees or workers who are creative in their job.

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Cons

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Pros

You are treated with autonomy, dignity, and respect. It is assumed you know how to do your job and are given the trust and means to do so. Compensation is above market value. Uncapped professional growth if you know how to play your cards right.

Cons

Working at Burger King and living from my car in Northern Michigan during the middle of winter was preferable to working on-site in Peoria. Project work was inherently meaningless and dictated almost entirely by the caste system this company has in Central, IL. My relocation had absolutely nothing to do with the role at hand and was a power play by management to get me to become a bleed-yellow Peorian in the CAT-corporate social club. The company loyalty here is absolutely disgusting and has nothing to do with the viability of the brand or product. Everyone is enamored with the status and wealth they've attained on account of not performing hard, manual, life-threatening labor. You would be hard-pressed to find anyone who actually cares about what goes on in the defense division or addressing the geopolitical anomalies between the former headquarters and the new business direction of the company.

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