Caterpillar Employee Reviews for Anonymous Employee

"This company is very political and management heavy. I worked at the Athens facility. One person can turn everything you do into a negative. It did matter if you ask one person can destroy your career. I went exclusively to be close to family. They knew this, promise a review in 30 days. The review happened after 5 months, then they invited you to a conference room, you were let go after no review in the period they promised."

"I have worked for Caterpillar for a total of 4-5 years. I think that they are a great employer, except the downfall is that they have a lot of downturns unfortunately. They are not a stable company to work for as they were years ago."

"It's a company that puts profits ahead of everything else."

"Not an awful place to work, but not the top choice for anyone excited by IT. We seem to demand to use technology and software no less than 10 years old and any push for newer technology becomes a multi-year battle covered by miles of red tape. As with any company of this size, change takes time. IT seems to be an after-thought at an Enterprise level so foresight and trends in technology are largely not followed."

"Good company to work for as a college graduate. Good pay but hard to move up."

"Typical big company environment."

"Awesome workplace experience but not good for contractors. One advice, learn as much a you can and leave."

"This is a challenging time for the belt systems product group. Acquisition of Bucyrus by Caterpillar has been a culture change. For my small product group, we have to wait our turn behind larger product groups. We want so badly to be Cat, but we will just have to wait a little bit longer."

"Caterpillar provided me with the tools to lay a great foundation for my career."