work is good (technically), but international growth for cat India employees are not good - Senior Design Engineer Caterpillar Employee Review

3.0
11 Mar 2014
Recommend
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Pros

1) Good technical work 2) Good Knowledge repository of Cat, which can give you a lot of learning 3) Flexible Timing 4) OK work life balance (depends upon the person)

Cons

1) Onsite opportunities are very low, this is heartbreaking, since Cat USA has lots of Indian vendors, which are preferred over cat India employee. 2) Cat USA treats CAT India as an another vendor rather than its own counterpart 3) Because of above mentioned reasons, there is no set plan for involvement of CAT India in design and manufacturing the product for Indian market. because of this high profile work is missing, employees still doing the work given to them by US projects, which is good but can be much better being in CAT 4) Low compensation, not upto the market standards 5) Regional politics is very high , since CAT India is in chennai

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Cons

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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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