Caterpillar Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"This is a good company. The culture is not one that promotes success for all."

What do you like about working at Caterpillar?

"You can get promoted with this company but you are on your own when you start out. You have to drive your own success. You have to understand that everything you do is scrutinized. Do not whine and do not give up. You are not rewarded for learning and sharing you are rewarded for performing and following the standard peroceedure. Build a network as you move up the ladder because it does really help you advance your career. A college degree helps you get promoted at Caterpillar but an associates is all that is necessary to get promoted. If you have the right attitude then experience is all that you need to get promoted but it will take longer without some kind of college."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Go for it! It is a good company with great benefits and great pay and the stock price has been great lately. Be sure you know what you want out of a company because I did not experience much of a team philosophy at Caterpillar. If you are looking for a team, and a place you can be confident that you will be appreciated as a part of the team then I'm not sure this is the place for you. It is not a great company by my definition."

What don't you like about working at Caterpillar?

"There seems to be very little corporate culture focusing on we and team. Many people come to Caterpillar with high hopes for a bright future. They believe they will become a part of the team. Many employees quickly get discouraged or leave completely because there is no team built into the system. One may become more of a team member as they move up the ranks but more could be done to inspire greatness at every level. Like all big companies it is very, Very, political. Mistakes are not a part of the culture of learning."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Does everyone know what they are doing It is often said that the federal government operates more efficiently than Caterpillar. The right hand does not know what the left hand is doing so to speak. Perhaps that is by design. Be great by building great teams. The team aspect is missing from Caterpillar. A lot of blame and not much, We can do this together."

"I loved my job!"

What do you like about working at Caterpillar?

"The people, work culture, sharing of the ideas, resolving issues, quick decisions."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be loyal to the company always. Everybody cooperates if you cooperate."

What don't you like about working at Caterpillar?

"Nothing, I loved my job! Everything was great and I'm sure that my interest will never fade up in this field."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep up the good work! My team leads were so good in managing the team."

"Lousy."

What do you like about working at Caterpillar?

"The benefits and the pay were pretty good. Plus it was new."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"I would look else where and find a better paying job."

What don't you like about working at Caterpillar?

"They were only concerned about their bottom line. There was not enough equipment to do the job."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get more equipment to do the job and pay the associates more."

What do you like about working at Caterpillar?

"Good pay. Good work life balance. Supportive team members and boss."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Determine if culture is a good fit, not just pay."

What don't you like about working at Caterpillar?

"Wish there was voluntary unpaid vacation and flex days. Offices and technology is outdated. Culture is very conservative, hard for young professionals to feel at home."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would support staff's career progression goals through their current roles."

What do you like about working at Caterpillar?

"Pay is good even compared to Big 4 accountants. Team setting. Good work-life balance."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Consider if generous pay is enough to make you join (and stay)."

What don't you like about working at Caterpillar?

"Onboarding was very unstructured and inconsistent, completely depending on who you're lucky enough to have train you. I have enough control of my work freedom, but unfortunately not enough to do! Company operates very decentralized and too much time is spent arguing over intercompany costs. Company is almost too large - inefficient with costs, labor, and adjusting to any change. As much as the company tries to recruit best talent, it is not a good fit for young professionals. Company facilities are almost exclusively located in small towns/cities."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Give constructive criticism when needed, but not being overly and unnecessarily critical of others especially in front of my staff."

What do you like about working at Caterpillar?

"I like the recognition I receive and the opportunities for career advancement."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be yourself. Relax and just answer the questions in an organized manor. Make small talk."

What don't you like about working at Caterpillar?

"It would be nice if headquarters was not in Peoria."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would hold my direct reports accountable. Accountability needs to trickle down to management, employees, and the shop floor. I would find out where the chain is broken and set my foot down. Easier said than done but this will be one of my initiatives."

What do you like about working at Caterpillar?

"Thu culture at Caterpillar is acceptive of the younger generation and focused on work-life balance."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Talk to everyone you meet and find out what their career path has been because everyone's is different."

What don't you like about working at Caterpillar?

"Caterpillar is headquartered in Peoria, IL, which is not an ideal city for young professionals."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Focus on making Caterpillar more appealing to the extremely talented and high potential employees and potential employees."

What do you like about working at Caterpillar?

"I like working with technology and the associated products. I like the possibility of advancement and career growth."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Ensure the compensation received is compatible with the skills you provide."

What don't you like about working at Caterpillar?

"Experience with previous supervisors have not been helpful with my career or accurate with evaluation, which is unsatisfactory."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would not run the show as stated in the question. The corporation's success is a positive effort and contribution from everyone."

What do you like about working at Caterpillar?

"Interesting product lines, sense of freedom at work, able to give personal input."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Caterpillar is people orientated so being able to work in teams and reach out and talk to people is a big plus."

What don't you like about working at Caterpillar?

"Micro managed from my boss, not all bosses are like that tho. Everything is last minute, so everything is an emergency."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Update the antiquated - from computers, to websites, to office furniture."

What do you like about working at Caterpillar?

"I get to get my hands dirty, while solving problems."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Work hard and show your strengths and you will succeed at this company."

What don't you like about working at Caterpillar?

"The mechanics are difficult to deal with, and are honestly quite lazy. It slows my work down significantly."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Fire the union mechanics, and make more people responsible for the timeline of projects."

What do you like about working at Caterpillar?

"I'm often treated with respect, and they focus on maintaining a work-life balance."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Hard work is generally rewarded, but so is being with the company for a long time."

What don't you like about working at Caterpillar?

"Caterpillar tends to value tenure and seniority over technical aptitude."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"We often focus on execution and in general tend toward low-risk low-reward decision making. I would encourage more calculated risk taking."

What do you like about working at Caterpillar?

"Caterpillar is in transition. It definitely is conservative with flashes of collaborative culture. Cat provides a great support network and learning opportunities, but it still values years of internal experience the most."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Cat has a very supportive work environment and is conservatively managed; you have to prove yourself and wait your turn to get the best opportunities."

What don't you like about working at Caterpillar?

"I wish we had more personal time to develop ourselves and an option for unpaid time."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Ensure employee career opportunities are not merely determined by direct supervisor opinion and provide a better process to change jobs within the organization."

What do you like about working at Caterpillar?

"Massive wealth of technical expertise inside the company. Flexible work schedule, good work-life balance, acceptable salary."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Adhere to the STAR interview guidelines. Talk about what you know and what YOU have done, not your team."

What don't you like about working at Caterpillar?

"Corporate atmosphere, hard to advance career, engineering not valued at the business level, boring cost reduction work, location in Peoria is terrible."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would modernize the companies' facilities and workforce tools. We are out-gunned in software and computing technologies that our competitors are utilizing every day."

What do you like about working at Caterpillar?

"Caterpillar is very great company and the department was enjoyable area."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Interview is long and very timely process that you need to be aware of."

What don't you like about working at Caterpillar?

"The crazy meeting that was not needed on safety and parking."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"To come together and have a vision on the end goal and what does it need to get it done."

What do you like about working at Caterpillar?

"Good pay, solid company, always new issues to understand and resolve."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Learn to like central Illinois! Great company for raising a family."

What don't you like about working at Caterpillar?

"Stubborn culture that is resistant to change. We like to do it the way it always has been."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Allow more possibilities to work from home and utilize current technologies."