Depends on the market - Anonymous employee Caterpillar Employee Review

2.0
4 Dec 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

When the business is booming the pros are to many to speak of annual raises, great bonuses, and enough work to keep you busy. Flexible work schedule

Cons

Work life balance is left up to the supervisor. One supervisor will allow you to take off for a sick family member with no vacation day required another will make you take a vacation day. Times get rough you are lucky to keep your job. Lost have a lot of good coworkers due to the 45+ months of downturn. 2016 saw no merit increase and limited bonus. Vacation time is dictated for 1 week during the summer months if you are tide to a plant.

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Pros

Good health insurance and benefits, good yearly bonuses. The pay is good.

Cons

They are enforcing returning to office by any means necessary. They have lost many high-quality producers who have refused to relocate or refuse to come in. Here's the kicker - they are requiring in-person attendance at the Chicago office and there aren't even enough desks for everyone. It would be a literal fire hazard if we all came into the Chicago office at the same time, M-F, during business hours. No one knows how or if they are going to actually enforce this. Cost of gas is insane, Joe doesn't care about the workers. Or the work for that matter. It's obvious this is a soft layoff, they have made a bunch of people quit. Their internal design agency is falling apart, lots of people have quit, not only because of return to office but because of the toxic politics, favoritism, and lack of direction and accountability. Mediocre workers are allowed to keep their jobs ONLY because of their ability to put their bodies in a chair and work in-person. The other relocation option HR gave besides Chicago was Peoria. No one wants to live in Peoria for any reason whatsoever, be for real.

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