Time for the CEO to go - Anonymous employee Caterpillar Employee Review

2.0
26 May 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

When business is good, the company is a fun place to work.

Cons

Unfortunately business has not been good and the CEO and CFO are not talented individuals, so the leadership's ability to adjust to the business environment has been horrendous. Many strategic mistakes made in the past 5 years, including the purchase of a mining company for 8+ billion at the peak of the mining bubble, the purchase of a Chinese company for half a billion only to find the company forged inventory records (leadership failed due diligence), a plan to build a new HQ in downtown Peoria IL when the State of Illinois is ranked one of the worst states to do business in. Should I go on?

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Pros

You are treated with autonomy, dignity, and respect. It is assumed you know how to do your job and are given the trust and means to do so. Compensation is above market value. Uncapped professional growth if you know how to play your cards right.

Cons

Working at Burger King and living from my car in Northern Michigan during the middle of winter was preferable to working on-site in Peoria. Project work was inherently meaningless and dictated almost entirely by the caste system this company has in Central, IL. My relocation had absolutely nothing to do with the role at hand and was a power play by management to get me to become a bleed-yellow Peorian in the CAT-corporate social club. The company loyalty here is absolutely disgusting and has nothing to do with the viability of the brand or product. Everyone is enamored with the status and wealth they've attained on account of not performing hard, manual, life-threatening labor. You would be hard-pressed to find anyone who actually cares about what goes on in the defense division or addressing the geopolitical anomalies between the former headquarters and the new business direction of the company.

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