Don't join or leave while you can - Project Manager Caterpillar Employee Review

1.0
7 Feb 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good comradery with some collegues Good pay Still some good people around Values in Action principle Talent Management System system Employee Opinion Survey system

Cons

Where do I start? Incompetent Management Promotions that just make you shake your head, because they are incompetent non-performers Nepotism Slow decision making Its all about who you know and if you are 'in the club' Values in Action implementation Talent Management System is not used Employee Opinion Survey does not drive any tangible action Performance Appraisal System means nothing They preach "the best management training is leaders teaching other leaders" - i.e. CAT has no budget for proper management training CAT does not deal with poor performance. You can laze around doing nothing or being imcompetent and nothing happens No real diversity after a certain level of management. Good people are leaving one by one In most areas, less than 25% of the people generate 75% of the results. The rest generate hot air. No investment in product because they waste it. The competition is leaving CAT behind more and more Decision by committee instead of by experience Its getting worse not better!

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5.0
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Cons

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2.0
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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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