Boeing Reviews

Pros

The people are great to work with

Cons

External shocks can cause a swing in business

Pros

It was really close to home and it offered a decent benefits package along with local discounts from local retailers.

Cons

Layoffs were rough. When management sees the trend coming then it was really cut throat. But that could be with any company

Pros

- Great benefits
- Decent pay
- "Easy" and "slow-moving"

Cons

- A very slow paced environment. If you're one who's smart, wanting to work hard and move forward, you'll definitely be met with subtle push back from others -- kind of the mentality of "don't try too hard.." but without anyone actually saying it
- Tries to "seem fair" but its no different from Boeing's traditional roots ... very tenure based vs performance based

Advice to Senior Management

There are plenty (actually I would go out on a limb and say, majority) of folks there to simply "ride it out" and basically there until retirement. They have their place -- but don't bucket everyone into that category. Give challenging opportunities to those who have higher expectations and desire to be there for you.

Pros

Excellent benefits, reasonable pay, somewhat reasonable advancement-depends on group. Helps to be a friend of those in high places-Senior Mgt.

Cons

Bureaucracy to the max. Many times you do things not because they make sense, but because you are told to just do it. Things often get lost in the chain, and many have no idea what some things mean.

Advice to Senior Management

Get rid of the managers and leads who treat some employees like s..t! In the short run, it might work, but not in the long run. May you feel all the negative some of us have to continually live with.

Pros

The Cafeterias are a big plus.

Cons

Hit and miss with mid-level managers. Some are good, some are awful.
Upper management is a joke. They are completely removed from what is actually happening.
Waaaaaay tooooooo many meetings. Completely useless meetings.
Too many changes for the sake of making change.
Pretty much a typical office type of environment.
If you have a choice, stay away from the Travel Accounting Dept. no matter what!

Advice to Senior Management

Learn how things actually work in your company. Then maybe you could actually accomplish something.
Most of your contractors are better/smarter than your actual boeing employees. Your hiring practices only satisfy the Politically Correct Minded. Can that crap, and hire people who know what they are doing.
Good Luck

Pros

The benefits were good and I liked the contribution matching and reimbursement for courses.

Cons

No training. Put in positions without training or resources and then criticized for not performing well.

Advice to Senior Management

The "peer review" is when an emplyee reports about his/her manager. But there is no reporting about how they are treated by other managers.

Pros

Good benefits, not too overworked. Lots of different groups so it is easy to switch between different projects when a change is needed.

Cons

A lot of the technology is outdated and there is a lot of red tape to get anything accomplished. A clearance is needed for almost any job.

Advice to Senior Management

Highly recommend for managers to stop looking at the short picture and start looking at the big picture, and not just laying off employees to get a little bit of profit. it often seems that boeing just cares about the bottom line.

Pros

It's a worldwide famous conglomerate, tough to get in, and typically people treat each other okay, most managers are alright, but there are definitely clashes in personality in such a big comapny

Cons

Movement and advancement in the company is very hard. There are way too many people, they seem to promote based on seniority, predominately white male old demographic. Boeing is a bit of a dinosaur, moving at a sails pace dragging its girth around.

Advice to Senior Management

Management needs to pay more attention throughout and down the ranks. Pay more attention than just to your immediate superiors or employees, get to know all the employees down to the non-manager people.

Pros

Professional and career growth came to those that worked for it. Hard work is rewarded at Boeing. It was a nice place to work and good friends were made.

Cons

Those that do not work as hard might not see the compensation, but they can slack by under the radar and cause extra work for others.

Advice to Senior Management

Management could do a better job at weeding out those that are of little use to the company. The encouragement of teamwork and family feel to the workplace makes it a great place to work.

Pros

* Great products
* Fantasitc benefits
* Work with very smart people
* Company pays for your education (I got my MBA)
* Ability to transfer most places in the US or the world

Cons

* Very cautious -- extreme process -- innovation tough
* Very easy to get stuck doing a resume killing job
* Defense currently in down cycle -- lots of layoffs

Advice to Senior Management

Airplanes are the first leg. Defense is the second leg. A stool requires three legs to stand -- what's Boeing's third leg?