This link details how CAT is laying off american engineers at the same time requesting more H1B visas. http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/09/06/caterpillar-hires-h-1b-foreign-graduates-fires-300-american-professionals/

It never stops... MOSSVILLE – Caterpillar announced the closure of a plant in Belgium and now it’s impacting jobs here at home. The company has announced another round of layoffs, in Illinois. Hundreds of employees at two sites in Mossville received... — read more 

Interesting discussion about job cuts in CAT on Weatherford's forum on this site. Check it out: @Jd65K93

I had friends who accepted job offers at Caterpillar and the company waited until they moved out to the middle of nowhere, rented apartments, and uprooted their lives before telling them that their jobs were no longer available. My school actually... — read more 

corporate greed out source jobs the company has done this for years laying workers off then out source the job .the company has done this for years' a person working at one of these companies a family of 4 still qualifies for food stamps. now buses... — read more 

300+ support and management employees at Building AC and the Tech Center in Mossville

When expenditure questioned the manager said, "they haven't affected us so we are going forward as planned".

They used the terms reduce & consolidate long before last Fall (2105) when they laid off 5000. Or excuse me 1/2 were quote "voluntary"! A few years ago when they predicted better years for the end of 14 and better yet in 15 & 16 they used the same... — read more 

I saw a list of names for layoff on 8-29 that included ~30 engineers, 15 of which I worked directly with at some point, 3 of which were former SG25-26 bosses of mine. Even heard of a couple of SG 28-30 managers "encouraged" to retire.

The company will try to place the impacted employees, who are in primarily engineering functions, in other available positions throughout the company — or help them in their transition to a new job outside of Caterpillar

Blood bath in Mossville and East Peoria commences tomorrow... Will conclude by week's end. Over 1750 packing boxes have been ordered and a few buildings have blocked all of their conference rooms through Wednesday for 'maintenance'. I'm an agency... — read more 

The Tech Center let over 150 people go on Friday the 26th, no news coverage, just the way Cat likes it. No contractors were let go. A manager was said to have responded that they want to keep their flexible work force for future layoffs now. They are... — read more 

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Blood bath in Mossville and East Peoria commences tomorrow... Will conclude by week's end. Over 1750 packing boxes have been ordered and a few buildings have blocked all of their conference rooms through Wednesday for 'maintenance'. I'm an agency... — read more 

All the acquisitions and JV under Doug Ober are worst decisions in the corporate sector and he should lead the way not small time employees. Current GP Denise Johnson has nothing to her credit in her career but leading the charge of Lean management... — read more 

CAT screwing employee and employee family life.

That's what I heard, I left on my own in 2015 to pursue work as an independent contractor as I thought that I might be more in charge of when I leave and what kind of projects I work on. Engineers get bored quickly and I needed challenge - Layoffs is... — read more 

I've been laid off from the Decatur plant since February '08 it's not fun working for CAT.

I know they sure played a huge part in screwing up mine.

It is all over the internet - Caterpillar is about to cut around 700 jobs in Illinois! Yeah I know - restructuring and bla bla bla, but can anyone say how many people and where exactly?

Do you expect any cuts in Caterpillar's Finance Services Division in Peoria. There is a ton of rumors but it's mostly driven by speculation. I wanted to see if someone had some specific info on how things will play out in light of the announcements... — read more 

I think over 2500 will be laid off in 2016, that's my estimate

http://www.kentucky.com/news/business/article45600783.html

What is the likelihood of Caterpillar layoffs in Peoria in 2016? Please let me know if you have any information.

I'd appreciate any comments on Singapore Reman plant layoffs at Caterpillar. Rumors are flying around and there is a lot of anxiety that is floating around. I know that nobody has 100% perfect layoff information, that's always guarded very much, but... — read more 

Just a quick message on layoffs at Caterpillar... It's all over news that in year 2016, Caterpillar’s revenues and sales are expected to be about 5 percent below 2015, not good, you would have to agreee. The first time in Caterpillar's 90-year... — read more 

Please update the list if I am missing any, I put together the list and this is my estimate of where the hits will happen, I think that Mossville will be hit the most.. Again, just an opinion here, no insider info or anything like that.. Here it... — read more 

Any word on the Seguin, Texas plant? Will they close it or have heavy layoffs there?

CAT is currently very unstable and undergoing restructuring of epic proportions - many employees are being laid off. Many folks that Caterpillar is laying off right now have been with the company for long period of times, I am talking decades here... — read more 

Does anyone know how this will work - who will be eligible for this Voluntary Retirement Program, what kind of terms would the company offer to us. Here is my situation. I am 61 years old and I've been with the company for about 18 years. I've been... — read more 

A plant to close in Lafayette, Cat will cut around 250 people, 200 contractors and 50 employees will lose jobs

Do you have any information about possible layoffs we might be having in Q3 and Q4 on the IT side. I heard that a major reorg might be coming and that many jobs will be cut. I know that I cannot change anything, but wanted to see how realistic this... — read more 

I hear that demand for mining equipment is dropping and that CAT might be laying people off sometimes in 2015. Not sure what's happening as I left in 2012, I am with a competitor right now and we are going through massive layoffs. Everyone is in the... — read more 

Vonachen, a business unit of CAT - we were hit big time last year