Industry in Transformation - Design Engineer Caterpillar Employee Review

4.0
Oct 23, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

The company was in its first year with Caterpillar so there were a lot of evolving changes to get this company up to speed. The people were great to work with and there was a genuine commitment from most employees to produce a great product. Middle management were the as good as the best I have worked with in the past.

Cons

I found senior management to be mostly a competent group and I enjoyed working with them, but as is the case with a few places I have been to, middle management and below really had a tough time swallowing what top management was serving up. Sometimes the complaints seemed valid to me and at other times it is just the way it is everywhere. I think they needed a flatter organizational chart to create a better "team environment".

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Cons

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