Boeing Reviews

Pros

benifits, work life balance, location, flexible hours

Cons

salary
need to relocate to advance

Advice to Senior Management

value your people

Pros

Lots of opportunities once you're inside the company. Most management are sensitive to work/life balance issues.

Cons

The constant cost-cutting mode gets tiring, especially if you work in a group that can be considered "overhead." Better to work directly in one of the programs that makes money for the company.

Advice to Senior Management

I'd ask management to keep making sure that employees receive communication from the top, and know where the company is planning on going in the future.

Pros

- Employer pays 100% of health insurance premium for employee and dependents
- Overtime pay for salaried (exempt) employees working more than 40 hours per week
- Opportunity to work on interesting technology
- Many opportunities for internal job transfer throughout the US and the world
- Union helps ensure we get good raises and health benefits

Cons

- It takes many years to jump to a hirer vacation accrual rate
- If you work in the same type of job for to long you can get stuck in that role and it gets hard to get a chance to try new things
- Management can struggle with workplace rules that apply to non-union vs. union employees

Pros

provides great benefits to their employees. and always treats all employees with respect. work is very interesting and resources are always available.

Cons

hours are too long for the job. has a tendency to run 45 to 50 hours per week on average because of project deadlines.

Advice to Senior Management

i have no advice to give other than that which is listed in the cons section. overall i think the company is very good.

Pros

Excellent pay and benefits; mandated training for all employees, global locations, pride in products and services, responsive management and leadership, Boeing bucks can be given from any employee who is happy with your work. Excellent travel system, outstanding centralized customer support, ethics, Lean+, and diversification are preached and practiced.

Cons

Mediocre or non-capable managers are everywhere when layoffs are not present. The smallest perceived threat will get you an HR visit. Under performing employees can and do frequently utilize HR to shield them from improving. A very conservative and Republican environment in many locations.

Advice to Senior Management

Try another news channel. Fox does not increase employee moral. Find a way to better evaluate and eliminate non-performing managers. Research the negative effect of HR involvement in employee performance.

Pros

good benefits, multicultural environment, career opportunities

Cons

every change slowing down the process, like in every big corporation.

Pros

Good benefits, good mentoring available, learn from the experience employees, flexible work arrangements

Cons

It's hard for young people to find a place in the older culture. Slow to adopted. Work and benefits are structured to fit the needs of an older workers, and are less suited for the needs/wants of younger workers. You are expected to be their the rest of your working days, so management doesn't appreciate employees contributions, because they don't perceive other options are available.

Advice to Senior Management

Improve the work place culture. It's week if not completely lacking, and where it does exists the culture is reflects the needs/wants of older generations. The culture isn't friendly to younger generations.

Pros

Diverse products and divisions; ability to move within the company (either upward or laterally) after 1 year in current job

Cons

Most organizations move at Boeing (aka glacial) speed; lots of bureaucracy as expected of a highly-regulated organization

Advice to Senior Management

streamline processes and allow managers to make real-time decisions; encourage LEAN behavior so the workers can get on with the business of making products and not have to wait for a basic question to go through the management chain; when an entire department is telling you something isn't right, don't ignore them - it may be something worth considering

Pros

The teaching tools and mentorships Boeing offers during the internship is absolutely amazing. There is an endless amount of leaning material available and many opportunities provided to interns. I highly recommend this internship!

Cons

I have no complaints so far!

Pros

+ Salary, benefits, and opportunities are wonderful.
+ Good recognition for a job well done

Cons

- Senior leadership is found by "who you know", not skills-- almost impossible to break into executive ranks unless you are one of the insiders...
- More and more short term focus, not many senior leaders with a long-term view

Advice to Senior Management

Get out of St. Louis HQ building and walk the floors; Talk to the engineers in the cubes; Set a vision for what FUTURE business we're going to capture and stop worrying about this year's profits.