Caterpillar reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(7,328 total reviews)

Joe Creed

68% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

Caterpillar has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 7,328 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Caterpillar employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Produktion industry (3.5 stars).

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7K reviews
2.0
Oct 18, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good bonuses, holiday shut down for a week in December, steady company overall, pay can be great, but you need to make sure you negotiate upfront as initial offers I’ve seen have not been good. This seems to be a place people will stay for

Cons

Lots of re-orgs, people are promoted through who they know not by their quality of work or knowledge, so much bloat as usual for a large company, not a lot of room for growth in the tech space and very stagnant when it comes to growth and adoption of new tech and processes, lack of accountability with employees- lots of projects take much longer due to being pushed around because no one wants to own them or work on them, process is so heavy and a complete mess, RTO is strictly enforced for some but not others. This is a place people will stay for years and just coast the rest of their career, so not a lot of passion or innovation in areas.

3.0
Jun 25, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pay is good overall Bonus is good, but more to discuss later Safety and values are excellent

Cons

Losing our best talent Bonus changes 5 days in the office mandate Senior leadership are detached from people Production get the blunt end all the time

2.0
May 19, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great people, interesting work, good pay / benefits... but a big change recently...

Cons

Move from a flexible / hybrid work to a global expectation of 5d Return to Office with explana3or consultation

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