Great workplace and team with a varied role. I really appreciated rotating roles every week to avoid boredom. The company is extremely proactive with listening to and implementing new ideas.
Cons
Some expectations are unrealistic, such as maintaining pick rates despite struggling with equipment failures.
Caterpillar Response
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We are happy to hear you experienced a great work environment during your time with Team Caterpillar. Thank you for sharing your experience, we value your feedback as we look to continuously improve.
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.