Great pay/benefits/vacation; Biased performance process - Anonymous employee Caterpillar Employee Review

3.0
13 Aug 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Short-term cash incentive bonus at all levels, Christmas shutdown for a week, overall good pay and benefits. Great business and product.

Cons

Recently implemented performance-based pay ambiguous and subject to bias. Not a good place for people coming in from outside. Mid-career hire is a dirty word.

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Caterpillar Response
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Thanks for taking the time to share your experience. We are glad to hear that you enjoyed the benefits, as well as the business itself. We also appreciate your criticism. It is critical to the continued success of Caterpillar to pull in the best minds in the business to help develop solutions to meet the needs of our customers.

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