"Good" job but culture has deteriorated significantly - Data Scientist Caterpillar Employee Review

3.0
8 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

I have an amazing manager, a fun team, and I've learned a lot in this role. It's a big company so there are so many people to learn from. There are many opportunities to take on new roles. It is usually expected that you switch roles every 2-5 years to keep growing and learning.

Cons

The culture at the company has dramatically changed in the last two years. It has become a culture of surveillance and chaotic urgency without prioritization from senior leaders. They also eliminated all DEI efforts last year, which reflects the old-school, conservative values of our leadership. Senior management is out of touch with what workers need to thrive, recommending we hire help to mitigate work-life balance stressors as we returned to the office, all while freezing pay.

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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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