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    3.6
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    63%
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    76%
    Approve of CEO
    Jim Umpleby
    406 Ratings
    Pros
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    • "Not much work life balance as there are often meetings anytime from 7 am to 9 pm on any given day" (in 81 reviews)

    • "Upper management is distant giving an appearance of being disconnected" (in 96 reviews)

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    1. Featured Review

      "Amazing company to work in. Great atmosphere."

      StarStarStarStarStar
        Current Employee - Senior Associate Engineer in

        I have been working at Caterpillar full-time for more than 6 years

        Pros

        Relaxed work culture. Good pay. No internal politics and push-pull.

        Cons

        Not that I could find in 5 years

        Caterpillar Response

        January 7, 2019 – Communications Intern

        Thanks for taking the time to provide feedback. At Caterpillar, employees like you play a critical role in developing the solutions that allow our customers to build a better world.

      • "Great place to work"

        StarStarStarStarStar
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        Current Employee - Project Manager 
        Recommends
        Positive Outlook
        Approves of CEO

        I have been working at Caterpillar full-time for more than 20 years

        Pros

        Good work life balance, excellent benefits

        Cons

        You need to keep taking new challenges and be mobile

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      • Helpful (1)

        "Excellent company to work for."

        StarStarStarStarStar
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        Current Employee - Engineer in Peoria, IL
        Recommends
        Neutral Outlook
        Approves of CEO

        I have been working at Caterpillar full-time for more than 4 years

        Pros

        Pay is good. Relaxed dress code. Flexible work schedule.

        Cons

        Highly cyclical. Pretty unstable in downturns.

      • "Great Job So Far"

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        Current Employee - Anonymous Employee 
        Recommends
        Approves of CEO

        I have been working at Caterpillar part-time

        Pros

        Great hours Get to work with some really smart people Management is very laid back - if you get your work done on time you're free to do what you want

        Cons

        Cubicles suck, office environment is pretty bland

      • "Job"

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        Current Employee - Manufacturing Engineer in Pontiac, IL
        Recommends
        Positive Outlook
        Approves of CEO

        I have been working at Caterpillar full-time

        Pros

        Great place and great benefits

        Cons

        Poor managing could do better at times

        Advice to Management

        Manage better

      • Helpful (1)

        "Good place to work/upward mobility if willing to relocate"

        StarStarStarStarStar
          Former Employee - Anonymous Employee 

          I worked at Caterpillar full-time

          Pros

          Hardworking, collaborative team players and driven leaders who deliver business results

          Cons

          Cyclical nature of business can create great upheaval, change

          Caterpillar Response

          March 12, 2019 – Communications Intern

          Our work is powered by our people. Thank you for sharing your experiences while working at Caterpillar.

        • Helpful (1)

          "Restructuring Journey"

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          Current Employee - Manufacturing Project Engineer in Peoria, IL
          Recommends
          Negative Outlook
          Disapproves of CEO

          I have been working at Caterpillar full-time for more than 9 years

          Pros

          Good compensation and good benefits.

          Cons

          Leadership don't have a good planning for team members who participated, contributed in company restructuring projects. Team members were working hard to execute projects, and now they are working hard to search for an internal job by themselves and some were already let go...

          Advice to Management

          Team members were gathered by leadership to execute structuring projects to make a positive impact to OPACC. After end of restructuring, what is the plan for these groups of people? How much effort did leadership and HR to relocate these employees? Same thing happened in China. Now same thing happened in US.

        • "Grinding Specialist"

          StarStarStarStarStar
            Former Employee - Machine Operator 

            I worked at Caterpillar full-time for more than 2 years

            Pros

            Overtime was offered all the time and pay.

            Cons

            Ups and downs of business that causes lay offs.

          • "Good place to work. Wouldn't leave if my plant wasn't closing."

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            Current Employee - Facilities Engineer in Aurora, IL
            Recommends
            Negative Outlook
            No opinion of CEO

            I have been working at Caterpillar full-time for more than 20 years

            Pros

            Compensation is great with Base pay and bonus structure. Paid overtime for management employees up to a certain salary grade. Room to move up if you work hard.

            Cons

            Unstable employment. Several plant closures and the ones staying open are over ran with work and may be next on the chopping block.

          • "Major Pluses and Major Minuses"

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            Current Employee - Engineering Specialist in Peoria, IL
            Doesn't Recommend
            Neutral Outlook
            No opinion of CEO

            I have been working at Caterpillar full-time for more than 20 years

            Pros

            The company enjoys 90+ years of experience, and hence lots of best practices and grey beards who know how products are supposed to be developed. It is indeed core engineering and if you enjoy core engineering - this is the place! It is an international company and does most of it's functions in-house, which means that you have many diverse career options to choose from. They pay relatively on the high side too.

            Cons

            Corporate hubris is rampant. Ability to pivot into digital space has been messy. Very hierarchical and less transparency in upper management levels. Careers in Machine learning, Big data and AI are mostly based on nepotism not meritocracy. It helps enormously if you're part of the 'Good Old Boys Club' to move up in your career. Most frontline engineering managers are in their 50s - and they've been managers for the last...

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            Advice to Management

            Be humble, be willing to learn from other companies like the ones in Silicon Valley. Products are not being developed the way they were being developed in the last 70-80 years. Everything is being transformed very rapidly. Recognize that talent is a prime mover for company profits, and not just share-holder profits. OPACC (operating profits after capital charge) is not THE only key metric, many other things matter such...

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