Good company trying to be great - Finance Manager Caterpillar Employee Review

4.0
21 Aug 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Good pay, everyone wants to do the right thing and are willing to help. Management teams preach alot about getting people engaged and "walk the talk". Vast majority of the people at Caterpillar are hard working and there is a team mentality at getting things done. Very conscious about sustanability and moving the Company from Good to Great.

Cons

Frustratingly slow to change and accomplish tasks due to it matrix organization style. They need to take performance management more seriously as there are people here that have failed in their jobs, but are still around collecting big salaries. Actuely aware of their lack of diversity, but don't appear really sure how to change it. Caterpillar culture is admirable, but many lack a "common-sense" approach to dealing with, and tackling, problems.

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2.0
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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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