Great company - Analyst Caterpillar Employee Review

4.0
Dec 16, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Very friendly atmosphere. American culture. People do not stay in the same job for more than 3 years.People is relaxed and they do train you. Career planning is well executed, HR policies are better than elsewhere (even if HR itself does not count much, as everywhere). I have seen respect for some older managers who could have been fired but was pushed in other positions (it does not happen in every company...).

Cons

Career can go slow, not too much responsibility, it can take years to be taken seriously. They say it's a flat company but it's a joke... very hierarchical.

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5.0
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Pros

Great culture and competitive pay

Cons

Return to office has been hard

2.0
Jun 10, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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