A dinosaur in the making with too many disengaged clock watchers. - Senior Staff Engineer Caterpillar Employee Review

1.0
Dec 27, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Better than the second and third tier organizations in heavy equipment. Lives off of service parts which is the industries strongest.

Cons

CAT is a manufacturer foremost. The product value pull is in the area of the customer has to search hard for it at times. Systems people are retiring in lieu of ineffective specialists. Following in the path of automotives in certain respects. Really following others in most respects with actual practices. Unable to execute outside of a products market which will limit or stagnate growth potential. CAT will not become a top 50 place to work by merely researching and evaluating those who are.....

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Cons

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