Strong company - 6 Sigma Black Belt II Caterpillar Employee Review

3.0
21 Jan 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Best in the industry of diesel engines. NPI cycles are about 3 to 4 years. Lots of smart people. Come early - leave early. Good balance of work and health. Jim Owens has done a phenomenal job. One of the best CEO's.

Cons

Take a long time to file for Permanent Residency for non-immigrants. Promotions are not provided during that time. Lots of fat. Old style management. Lots of loyal management has been kept in the company at high salary grades but there is not much output from them. Only few divisions are profitable - engineering indeed is one of them. Very traditional in nature. Do not have the luxuries when compared to some California companies. Peoria as a place is boring for young adults. Not much to do.

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Pros

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Cons

Low mobility to move up within company

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Pros

Good pay Some people in the company are great

Cons

Poorly thought out placement- I was put on a team across the country from where i lived the entired team was new to caterpillar because their company was bought out by cat. They had never had any form of intern before and didnt have anyone else who was remote other then me. Because of time differences the manager reguarly expected me to work off the clock but wouldnt give me project during work hours. No room for growth within team i was stuck to- i asked on multiple occasions how i could stand out and get a permanent position within cat since i was one semester from grafuating and was told by multiple people to just deal with my current role and leave cat because "the only real way to get in is if you work as temp worker and they just hapoen to decide to bring u on internally from that"

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