"Horrible experience" - Sales Patten Cat Employee Review

1.0
25 June 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Pros are the opportunity to work for a company representing a great American brand of construction machinery.

Cons

Poor leadership and management. VERY high turnover due to lack of formalized processes (no annual compensation reviews, no performance standards or career planning tools). Low morale throughout company between departments.

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5.0
11 May 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Wonderful family company with great support.

Cons

Cat corporate interference. Didn't really understand the Chicago market.

2.0
29 Apr 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Opportunity to learn about engines and electric power, if you choose to learn. Work with some great technicians. 401k. Holiday Pay.

Cons

Place has gone downhill since the recent VP change, anyone with talent who is employable has left. Few of the new engine guys are good, about it. *Managers need to get out of their own way, micro management runs rampant, then poor follow up from management (ie emails sit for days), would be good for managers to learn and understand the jobs of everyone from top to bottom. *Managers make decisions with little knowledge of what processes are currently in place. *Managers set the boundaries and guidelines, then change their ideas and contradict themselves depending on which way the wind blows, then call you an idiot. *Its sink or swim here, they show you how do something once, then figure it out. *Managers crave being "the smartest one in the room". *Managers recruit "Yes people" for sales who have little knowledge and dump all the work and responsibility on inside staff. *Training?

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