How are the career development opportunities at Caterpillar?

I've been treated well by this company over the years. The global pandemic brought challenges and for many, the opportunity to work remotely full time which enormously improved quality of life and work-life balance for those who took advantage of it. Goal setting is a pretty collaborative process with your management chain so it allows most people to meet and exceed their goals. While some stakeholders can be challenging, that's inevitable in any industry and even if it takes a long time for your leadership team to realize that stakeholder expectations need to be tempered, they will eventually get to that point. The teams I work with are awesome, The projects can be exciting and the work can be fulfilling if you can get the trust of your leadership team.

Our recently departed CEO strategically enacted a 5-day in-office work policy a week or so before departure in the hopes of ameliorating a broad-based backlash against the new CEO. While I'm not familiar with anyone casting blame on the new CEO, the 5-day in-office standard is regressive, unnecessary, inefficient, has broad disapproval and is a poorly veiled effort to reduce headcount in general in an already somewhat disgruntled team ahead of what many perceive as an inevitable "streamlining" of personnel with the advent of AI. This new 5-day in-office policy is being used broadly by lower-level management as ammunition to deny promotions, limit career growth opportunities and increase control over individual contributors in general at a time when record year on record year should be reflected in the prosperity of everyone at this company when it simply has not. The last several years of investment in stock buybacks and dividend increases during record years at the expense of headcount and individual contributor compensation has resulted in reduced morale across various groups within CAT as a parent company. It's pretty clear to those in the know that this has shifted the compensation significantly in favor of senior and executive leaders at the expense of front-line employees at a time when execution is seeing plummeting feedback from customers and dealers.

Good work life balance and provides good career growth

Nothing till now it is a good company

Amazing work culture and great opportunities to grow

So far no cons to working here

Overtime available to those who want it

Favoritism is huge, allow discrimination, pay is lower than area market, no opportunity to move up, management lacks common sense or ability to understand the job associates do.

Decent pay, in good times the career development opportunities are good.

HR don't seem to know what's going on at all

Lots of intern support, abilities to network, and develop your skills. People are great and the company is very large and has lots of opportunities moving forward.

The size of the company means the teams are very specialized which could result in a lack of diversity in the experience

I joined Cat about a year ago and they have the most phenomenal relocation package and sign on bonus you could ask for! The pay is extremely competitive. The bonus structure and benefits are phenomenal. You get recognition for your hard work and there is the opportunity for advancement. On the Product management side the leadership is kind, takes feedback well, has good strategy, and good moral. Overall great culture.

The company lacks diversity. You do have some people who are in leadership who probably shouldn’t be but they appear to be getting weeded out. On the engineering leadership side they set unrealistic timelines for projects and then act shocked when those goals are not met.

Good benefits and salary and career progression dependent on right time, right place.

Politics at play, watch out for landmines

Supportive management, flexible and opportunities to grow career.

No annual bonus for part-time employees and agency.

Great benefit and career opportunity

Work from home being removed