Company by the oldies for the oldies - Engineer Caterpillar Employee Review

2.0
Aug 30, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

strong technical analyses in certain areas. good repository of knowledge. decent pay. many people have worked for 30 -35 yrs internally.

Cons

many sections resemble good old boys club with people using talking skills and street smarts to cover up lack of technical knowledge and advance their careers. organization seems top heavy with distinction btw upper management and others. (not many companies use such words). efforts are not rewarded with better opportunities and there is a strong bias in favor of age (older you are better you must be) bad situation for younger employees who want to prove themselves. ideal company for people who are just looking forward to retirement.

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Cons

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Pros

Good pay Some people in the company are great

Cons

Poorly thought out placement- I was put on a team across the country from where i lived the entired team was new to caterpillar because their company was bought out by cat. They had never had any form of intern before and didnt have anyone else who was remote other then me. Because of time differences the manager reguarly expected me to work off the clock but wouldnt give me project during work hours. No room for growth within team i was stuck to- i asked on multiple occasions how i could stand out and get a permanent position within cat since i was one semester from grafuating and was told by multiple people to just deal with my current role and leave cat because "the only real way to get in is if you work as temp worker and they just hapoen to decide to bring u on internally from that"

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