Q&A With Caterpillar Inc. Employees

Very helpful the training and the help and support they give to you is second to none

Very helpful

Someone from a metro area who is a collaborative person who will not work against the grain. Can build consensus while at the same time maintain strong relationship with leaders.

Data driven and willing to be a push over.

Be prepared at interview

Be male

People that show up and do there job

Men

Someone with experience or willingness to learn

If you’re a male good’ole boy. Woman? Forget it.

All the same, STAR Format

Behavioral and Psychological style questions

STAR questions

Targeted selection interview process. Situational, task, action, result is the format to answer questions in to be successful in the interview.

It’s an interesting vibe in HR here. Everyone is super nice to you in person but lots of backstabbing and undermining of ideas to further personal agenda’s. In some ways it’s fascinating other ways it’s just plain odd.

You will work overtime, flat out. Expectations are to be available when your manager needs you to be, including off hours and weekends.

Newer CHRO, from a smaller company so there have been some growing pains. Generally speaking though HR team follows Director team or VP marching orders. Not a lot of advocacy on behalf of employees. Compliance and complaint management seems to be the primary motivations.

New CHRO. Good ideas but HR is one of the least funded areas of Caterpiller. Little career development and even less educational support. We offer tuition reimbursement but very few receive it to pursue advanced educational opportunities. Recognition is good at the team level but from an HR perspective it’s nonexistent. Confusing policies and lots of freedom at the business unit level to override or get exemptions to the corporate policies.

Could be better

Could be managed better

Benefits

Most weekends and holidays off

Non existent

Once a year family fun day

Underemployed. In a position that doesn’t challenge me one bit

My talents are wasted

Waco DC used to be a wonderful place to work until new manager took over and he isn’t even from this country

It’s a job nothing more

Managers don’t listen to anyone. Just do what they want. They don’t ask for feedback.

A joke

Not very

As a woman not very. Currently looking for other opportunities

Not much in weld shop

Diversity among the races is good. Diversity among the genders up until salaried management level is bad. 25 men to 1 woman ratio in management role is typical

Not good

Very low

That I should have started there a long time ago

That as a woman, I will watch my male coworkers become my bosses despite being more educated and more qualified

Mandatory overtime all year. No time to spend with family

Very difficult bc 3rd shift and wknds mandatory

Caterpillar is a very well known international company so yes

Small percentage but they do exist.

We get along and help each other.

Certain people's attitudes

Solving problems

You need to be part of a clique