Caterpillar Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Hurry up and wait. Almost as bad as a government job."

What do you like about working at Caterpillar?

"Cat has a solid understanding of extremely large scale metalworking."

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

"Technical competence combined with a talent for bureaucracy is the ticket to success. BS sells far too well. Lots of fancy titles here."

What don't you like about working at Caterpillar?

"Crippled by Indians hiding behind bureaucratic procedures that ostensibly use 6-sigma methodology. Cat behaves as if management, as well as the workers, were unionized. Cat has not the faintest understanding of smaller tools and equipment."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Less hierarchical centralization and control would make the company more responsive, leaner, and easier to manage."

What do you like about working at Caterpillar?

"I can feel the self value realized, and the good work is recognized."

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

"The applicant should have a good understanding about the job position applied."

What don't you like about working at Caterpillar?

"The company shows some times a bit slow reaction at changes."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The management should work to create more employee development opportunities."

What do you like about working at Caterpillar?

"I don't like working here."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Care for the employee."

"Bribed to commit fraud."

What do you like about working at Caterpillar?

"Handful of people were very nice. Very cool to be around heavy equipment and machines."

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

"Don't even think about working here. Run far away. Corruption will take you down too."

What don't you like about working at Caterpillar?

"Culture of corruption. Patten Power Circus. It is a giant Cluster."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Fire a bunch of people. VP's, managers. Invest in infrastructure. Stop the fraud being committed. Pay more, stop working people fifty five hours a weeks non stop."

"Great organization and company to work."

What do you like about working at Caterpillar?

"Great company, great benefits, and great place to work. Lots of opportunities for advancement across multiple career areas."

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

"Be prepared for a STAR interview process. Situation, Task, Achievement, Results."

What don't you like about working at Caterpillar?

"Some of the old school management culture. If it's not Cat experience it's not looked at or considered for experience. Pigeon holing positions."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Look at overall experiences for the Career and Career Progression. Open minded management."

"Don't innovate, that isn't allowed."

What do you like about working at Caterpillar?

"The pay is good, and there are many experienced engineers to work with."

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

"Have clean urine before your first interview, they will pop up with a medical test."

What don't you like about working at Caterpillar?

"They will put you anywhere in the country regardless of your choice."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Listen to employees when they threaten to quit, otherwise more will."

What do you like about working at Caterpillar?

"Very little. The career prospects only favor those who are fluent in corp bull."

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

"Do your research... learn about ITSM and all the other big corp drives and initiatives. Unless you know about these it's game over. Just remember hard work only gets you more hard work, so learn corp speak."

What don't you like about working at Caterpillar?

"if you have heart, soul and passion... best leave this at the door, because unless you can live the Caterpillar way... you won't fit in. God help you if you ever tell the truth, as the company does not appreciate that, and will find a way to get rid of you... usually in the Trough Activity."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Put more emphasis on really looking after the people, not trying to make them conform to a big yellow sky... actually do more with the EOS... not just create more work and spread sheets to justify taking action."

"Soul destroying and unless you can't put up and shut up."

What do you like about working at Caterpillar?

"This company bogs you down in spread sheets and procedures and only favors the people that create this rubbish. True grass roots workers have there soul crashed to make them conform to the company's sheep herding attitude... a very depressive company to work for, and you will soon find complaining will only lead you to be branded a non team player or that you have an attitude, and they wonder why their sickness levels are so high."

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

"If you can squeeze yourself into the yellow mold, you will fit in. If you have passion and soul you won't."

What don't you like about working at Caterpillar?

"Too much red tape, too much emphasis put on people that produce stats and figures... support staff are simply treated as nobodys."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Start to look after the people who keep the systems alive... not repress them."

What do you like about working at Caterpillar?

"A complex and interesting application with numerous systems and a distributed control system."

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

"This is a who you know, not a what you know company."

What don't you like about working at Caterpillar?

"No in-depth experience developing machine control systems. No system architecture, no development process, arbitrary task assignments."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"This is a Safety Critical application. Work diligently to attain CMMI Level 3 certification."

"Enjoyable work, no room for advancement."

What do you like about working at Caterpillar?

"Welding, and the fabrication set up process. Flux core is nice to use as well."

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

"Great job, do no get wrapped up in the politics."

What don't you like about working at Caterpillar?

"Lazy workers, no teamwork at all, no wage increases for hard workers."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get back to the roots of old Caterpillar, stop the laziness."

What do you like about working at Caterpillar?

"Cat commitment to training, creating a culture of excellence, growth, and sustainability."

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

"Be a specialist in something. Cat is focusing on expertise and not generalists."

What don't you like about working at Caterpillar?

"Uncertainty about the future, very poor exposure to higher levels of management, legacy Cat people are in -- former Bucyrus people are out."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be truthful about the future of the Unit Rig truck business and people's jobs. Communicate!"

What do you like about working at Caterpillar?

"I loved pretty much everything about the company. I don't think that there are many that can rival it."

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

"I would say that confidence and a hard work ethic are needed."

What don't you like about working at Caterpillar?

"There was a lack of initial training and support. Pretty much trial by fire."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would have liked to see more understanding when making mistakes."

What do you like about working at Caterpillar?

"The people I worked with and the environment within a very large building."

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

"Dress for success and have a complete resume that will highlight your skills."

What don't you like about working at Caterpillar?

"Advancement possibilities were very limited in my position. My compensation for the work I completed."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Education does not reduce an individual's capability of doing the job."

What do you like about working at Caterpillar?

"CAT dominates in the construction industry, high profits, high consistency job."

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

"Ask them if they often feel stuck in their position or if they feel like they have a good chance of always moving to the next level."

What don't you like about working at Caterpillar?

"I would like to see further opportunities in the future that I can strive for to have higher pay then what they offer. Not a high salary company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would focus more on a consistent work place environment."

What do you like about working at Caterpillar?

"Your initiative to improve business is always supported by your boss if they are reasonable and within budget."

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

"It is the company's process to follow STAR rule when interviewing. Your result will be positive if you follow STAR rule."

What don't you like about working at Caterpillar?

"Most of the time you have to follow the process."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"It will be even better if some of the managers in company can think more for employees by standing in employee's shoes."