Caterpillar Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"If you need to pay the bills while looking for work. Try Caterpillar. It is no longer a career working there."

What do you like about working at Caterpillar?

"It paid the bills."

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

"Take the job if offered but keep looking for something long term."

What don't you like about working at Caterpillar?

"There were promises of opportunity, security, union protection, future growth, job for life, excellent compensation. None of it happened."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Retire. Management has been there too long, is too wealthy and is out of touch intentionally with the rank and file."

"The best place I have ever been employed."

What do you like about working at Caterpillar?

"The freedom to make decisions."

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

"Take your A game."

What don't you like about working at Caterpillar?

"I became laid-off."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Continue to follow the vision path."

What do you like about working at Caterpillar?

"Product improvement based on failure investigation studies."

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

"Sound technical/engineering analytical background."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"More of inter-group involvement to seek best solutions for the problem."

What do you like about working at Caterpillar?

"Career advancement."

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

"Be honest."

What don't you like about working at Caterpillar?

"Hours."

What do you like about working at Caterpillar?

"The innovation."

What don't you like about working at Caterpillar?

"The heavy administration."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Believe more in the youth."

What do you like about working at Caterpillar?

"Good benefits, flexible work hours."

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

"Behavior Interviewing (S.T.A.R.) Method."

What don't you like about working at Caterpillar?

"Got laid off."

What do you like about working at Caterpillar?

"Lots of opportunities to challenge myself."

What don't you like about working at Caterpillar?

"Too much time wasted in meeting room."

"Great career opportunity."

"Stable profitable company with many global opportunities to advance."

What do you like about working at Caterpillar?

"The people are hard-working, professional, down-to-earth, friendly."

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

"Be able to discuss examples of previous job successes and failures; describe the story from start-to-finish (what happened, how did YOU impact the project you were working on)."

What don't you like about working at Caterpillar?

"Some departments have limited advancement opportunities."

What do you like about working at Caterpillar?

"No micromanagement."

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

"Be open, honest."

"I only left CAT due to the Livonia office closing, which would have required relocation."

"Caterpillar has been the best position I have had."

What do you like about working at Caterpillar?

"I liked the chance for advancement and the general atmosphere. They appeared to actually care about you."

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

"Be well prepared."

"Very good employer when the work is there."

"Very stressful job."

What do you like about working at Caterpillar?

"The people I worked with."

"Caterpillar is a good company to work for, I left BAE for family reason."