Caterpillar Inc. Employee Reviews
Out of 867 Caterpillar Inc. employee reviews, 58% were positive. The remaining 42% were constructive reviews with the goal of helping Caterpillar Inc. improve their work culture. The Marketing team, with 90% positive reviews, reports the best experience at Caterpillar Inc. compared to all other departments at the company. The Operations team offered the most constructive feedback, with 56% of that department's reviews constructive in nature.
Briefly describe your overall experience at your company
Posted 10 days ago
Review from Operations Dept
What do you like best about the leadership team?
Always willing to help and listen
Posted 10 days ago
they all seen pretty fair, some do show favoritism
Review from Operations Dept
Great person to work with
They know what they are doing
There amazing you couldn't ask for any better people to work with...
What does the leadership team need to get better at?
Streamline processes & reward those that actually do the work
Treating employees with respect, Quality, and Velocity
Corporate executives need to quit forcing mandatory overtime on weekends. Let workers do their 5 days work weeks and enjoy their families with two days off. One day off is not sufficient rest especially in states where the summer heat stays in triple digits.
Not given a clear plan to follow and feel uneasy around the upper management leaders.
Communication, an listening to tool box briefs, an less of a blame culture an finding solutions
What is the best part about your compensation package?
I like all of it
They pay better than average and the benefits are good.
Best part is the insurance.
My insurance plan is great
The matched 401k. The pay isn't that bad, but it seems like you won't have any time to spend the money you make because you are there every single day.
Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?
No stock/equity options as of now. I feel base pay could be higher too.
The pay increasing as the cost of living has. My comfortable lifestyle is no more. We live poor now.
Review from Operations Dept
Higher pay and additional sense of purpose as a company as well as an employee
Review from Engineering Dept
Making more jobs for people that want to help and do better for the company.
Fair wages an jobs on the shop floor for Ranstad employees
What are some of the best things about your team?
I have a good team that's stifled by poor management.
Some strive to help each other
Many of us get along and have been here together for several years.
Smart, professional, come from a variety of backgrounds
The way we work together
What do your coworkers need to improve and how could you work together better?
At the caterpillar academy people are lied too, promising them jobs that dont exist, there are people working at Desford for ranstad for over three years truth
There's nothing nobody can do when you're management your management is fixing plexus plexus make it look like it's the team's fault
avoid reporting & work honest & hard to achieve the Goals & take the Path of Truth.
Lots of politics and people tend to talk behind one another's backs. It is difficult to trust your coworkers and leadership team.
Understand competing metrics and work for the common good, but there is fear of retalation or being fired if tjis approach is taken
What is most positive about the culture and environment at your company?
Culture is fine - matches my area
Extremely nice co-workers, Midwest charm, and little to no political rhetoric being forced into the workplace.
The inclusion and the teamwork
the more you learn the better chance to move up
Ogi drives the team to focus on the critical goals and helps you feel part of the equation.
What needs to change to make the company culture better?
Increased wages to improve work life balance, better and clearer explination of upper managements expectations for all production workers.
Leadership needs to open their ears and take suggestions from people that are of lesser rank than them.
Your management there insurance Texas is committing fraud
Listen to the works who are on the floor and see the problem daily
Find ways to reduce over time. 10 hrs/ day at least and Saturdays was not very sustainable
Review from Operations Dept
What did you like most about the interview process?
down to earth interviewers and very casual
Review from Operations Dept
You called me there wasn't an interview
Being interviewed by a team and answering diverse questions
Easy to prep for (STAR) format
It feels pretty fair to me
Review from Legal Dept
What would you improve about your company's interview process?
It didn't accurately reflect the company culture
technical test and panel interviews precede hiring manager interview
to get away from the STAR format
I worked in quality I printed out Gages that were calibrated in my name and I wasn't even at work work my name's Phil hilly Gages that were calibrated in my name and I wasn't even at work work my name's Phil hilly
Create interviews that accurately ask and capture skills of the role that you are interviewing for
What makes you most happy at work?
when I work with certain people
Review from Operations Dept
Leaving and getting paid mostly
The only reason I work there is the pay.
Company culture is the best
Review from Operations Dept
The people I work with
What's going wrong and how can it be improved?
Communication and not short staffing. Also it is very disheartening to know that because I'm gay my time request offs get taken less seriously and denied more than my straight co workers
Review from Operations Dept
We are treated poorly by executive management. They don’t care about what we contribute and are fast to criticize and make changes without understanding the impact on their e
Review from Engineering Dept
Constant favoratism, very little training, toxic culture, constantly raising work quotas etc
I know it seems cliche, but employees generally understand that we work at a publicly traded company. But stop running the company based on shareholders and start focusing on the customers would be a good start. Sacrificing quality and employee safety for shareholders does not seem sustainable.
Wrong leadership in key positions. Gotta get experience in there to train those positions before handing over.
Review from Customer Support Dept
What do you like best about your company?
I am inspired by the company's mission.
Review from HR Dept
Global impact of the work we do
Review from Marketing Dept
Their investment in everyone's safety
Review from Operations Dept
What would you most like to see improved at your company?
I'd like the internal brand to be more consistent.
Review from HR Dept