Solid Company - Senior Engineer Caterpillar Employee Review

4.0
8 Mar 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Caterpillar loyalty is second to none. People believe in the company and the products. Actual engineering still exists if you search out the opportunities. The team attitude at Cat is outstanding and the belief in customer support still exists.

Cons

Heavy on middle and upper management. An entire fleet of MBBs simply create processes that are unnecessary and time consuming. Often the process creators have no experience in doing the job function that are creating the process for. Often an aggressive employee is rewarded even though substance is lacking. No good locations.

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5.0
22 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great benefits & job opportunities.

Cons

Promotions can be challenging for some.

2.0
10 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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