Quarterly profits and stock dividends at any cost. - Recensione dipendente - Engineering Specialist presso Caterpillar

3,0
26 mag 2013
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

- High bonus payout - with the right manager, potential for opportunity - usual benefits of a big company (access to world class capital, equipment and tools) - in general, the average engineer is competent and a team player

Svantaggi

- job instability (you are just an easily replaceable number). Large numbers of people get walked out with little notice and rolling layoffs are common all the while the company makes incredible profits and the CEO gets millions more in bonuses. - if you are an immigrant, don't expect a fair/timely GC sponsorship - HR is not trustworthy, helpful or capable of looking beyond a generic job description - usual large company drawbacks (politics, lethargy, bureaucracy and never ending self defeating processes and procedures) - too many managers, not enough engineers - no simple / basic perks (have to pay for your own coffee), no family events, Christmas parties etc. - Peoria is a less than ideal location (sad that there are "no-go" areas in such a small town) - limited (at least very slow) technical career path. Many more management opportunities

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5,0
26 giu 2026
Dipendente anonimo
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Great culture and competitive pay

Svantaggi

Return to office has been hard

2,0
10 giu 2026
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Good health insurance and benefits, good yearly bonuses. The pay is good.

Svantaggi

They are enforcing returning to office by any means necessary. They have lost many high-quality producers who have refused to relocate or refuse to come in. Here's the kicker - they are requiring in-person attendance at the Chicago office and there aren't even enough desks for everyone. It would be a literal fire hazard if we all came into the Chicago office at the same time, M-F, during business hours. No one knows how or if they are going to actually enforce this. Cost of gas is insane, Joe doesn't care about the workers. Or the work for that matter. It's obvious this is a soft layoff, they have made a bunch of people quit. Their internal design agency is falling apart, lots of people have quit, not only because of return to office but because of the toxic politics, favoritism, and lack of direction and accountability. Mediocre workers are allowed to keep their jobs ONLY because of their ability to put their bodies in a chair and work in-person. The other relocation option HR gave besides Chicago was Peoria. No one wants to live in Peoria for any reason whatsoever, be for real.

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