Boeing Reviews in Philadelphia, PA Area

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

Work-life balance, relaxed work environment, coworkers' willingness to help, great medical and dental benefits

Cons

Difficult to get promoted or increase salary, management communication, information sharing

Advice to Senior Management

Improve communication and retention rate.

Pros

There are really good opportunities to participate in diverse projects across the site. The company has a great tuition reimbursement program and supports life-long learning. Excellent for those in technical fields and people who want to go back to school. Company promotes from within so its easy to transition into different functions.
 Excellent benefits and flexible hours.

Cons

There is a lack of standard processes. There should be more focus on improving processes and making them more efficient than there is on cutting costs.
The hours can be long and potentially be no work/life balance

Advice to Senior Management

There is some incompetence in middle management. Some management positions should require an engineering background.

Pros

Firstly, the products, with over 6 different commercial aircraft and 160 different military products Boeing can fill a wide variety of interests. In addition, Boeing has a global reach allowing you to move around the country or the world as your life necessitates. The benefits are also amazing when one compares them to many of today’s top industries. 100% of all education is covered, an 8% match on 401k dollars, and flex time are just a few of the things that make my quality of life here at very high. Lastly, the people I get to work with are some of the smartest people in the industry.

Cons

Because Boeing is such a large company, they have a very hard time communicating with every individual on a consistent and positive manner. Several of the mechanism that Boeing currently uses are sorely out of date and unreliable. An additional item is the not invented here mentality that some of the different Boeing sites express to Boeing people from other sites. Boeing is doing a lot to fix this issue but still has a good way to go. These two issues are very much linked, as Boeing tries to act like one company, they are still communicating like several companies.

Advice to Senior Management

A good understanding of how to communicate with each employee is severly lacking.

Pros

There are many resources at the disposal of the engineer to properly execute his or her job functions. While it might be a little tedious in terms of making sure the paperwork is properly in order when making a design change, this is the case with all federal suppliers. It really isn't a drawback specifically against Boeing. Interoffice politics seems to be on the normal side for a company of this size. And of course, the main reason people decide on working at a large company like Boeing is the opportunities for training, education, and career advancement, which Boeing takes care of.

Cons

Sometimes projects drag on and lack enthusiasm

Advice to Senior Management

Do a better job of motivating your workers... look at GM.. they went from making ho hum cars to making rather exciting machines that capture the enthusiasm of their customers... all this from the same engineers -- just a strategic change in corporate philosophy.

Pros

Learning together Program pays 100% tuition to any accredited institution....the Benefits packages is also outstanding

Cons

Pay scale is skewed towards those with tenure, rather than those who contribute....the only way to make good money at Boeing it to leave and hopefully get re-hired with a large pay increase or stay around long enough that you're merit increase is constantly a compounded % and becomes significant

Advice to Senior Management

Try to really pay attention to what is going on with Build process, security, and IT Common systems(Which are totally ineffective). Senior Mgmt needs to review the compensation given to employees who contribute in todays Business Environment, not those who used to do it 20 years ago and cannot use a PC today.

Pros

On the salary side, Good 401K program, decent health benefits, Pension plan, bonus opportunities, Education benefits, decent salary, acceptable/good raises.

Cons

Large corporations are tough to work for due to all the red tape and how long some things may take to accomplish.

Advice to Senior Management

Better evaluation criteria should be implemented, otherwise so far so good. Could always decrease some of the senior executives salary by spreading some of that money out to be a little more fair.

Pros

Great Learning Opportunities -- many different business units provide variety. Boeing also has a great program called learning together which allows employees to obtain a degree anywhere with full tuition and secondary expenses paid for while you work. Boeing also offers rotational programs and leadership development courses to jump start your management career.

Cons

Corporate atmosphere with a government focus. Things dont happen quickly here. As the company's IDS side is heavily regulated because our primary customer is the government -- don't expect anything to be easy. Sometimes it takes years to make a minor change a standard. Boeing is also an old company with few young hires.

Advice to Senior Management

Enhance our IT infrastructure and work on moving to an open communication standard between all business units.

Pros

Boeing has great benefits, the 401k plan is solid, they offer profit sharing, and have an outstanding continuing education program. It is an excellent place to get an advanced degree, then leave for a better job. If you don't like to work hard then Boeing is the place for you.

Cons

If you have any desire to advance in the company without having to wait 25 years, Boeing isn't the place for you. There is absolutely no motivation to excel at your work, or make any efforts to improve yourself.

Advice to Senior Management

Allow your talented employees to advance and be compensated

Pros

Hands down, the best reason to work for Boeing is that they have paid (in full) my tuition costs while I've been interning. I worked part time during the school year, and full time during the summers, and everything has been taken care of. Also, if you take an educational leave of absence (i.e. if you can only work in the summers) they will pay for that year of school in between your summers. Also, the products that Boeing manufactures gives you a reason to come to work everyday. We provide support to our troops overseas everyday, and that makes me proud.

Cons

1) The aerospace industry has a "good ol' boy" atmosphere, in which young people and women are not looked upon in a positive light. 2) They promote new ideas and fresh outlooks, but every new suggestion gets shot down. 3) Systems are out of date and often malfunction; while the company is moving towards a "common process," the transition period just makes everything worse. 4) Some systems are too common, i.e. when I had a question about payroll, I was directed to the company operator and was told to submit a ticket... there is no specialized help and therefore no quick solutions to any issue. 5) There is hardly any opportunity for upward mobility. Even to be considered for promotions, an employee has to apply for that position. Also, management is detached and seems to only be in their positions because they've been there the longest. And no one ever leaves, so there are rarely any open management positions. Rotational programs for college hires seem to be well recieved, but are only open to 3 individuals per year - so most of the work force is 30+.

Advice to Senior Management

Practice what you preach. When you tell the interns/new hires that you're looking for new ideas and a fresh pair of eyes - - actually mean it, and follow through with their suggestions. Also, don't look down on people because they are young and/or women, and encourage the entire company to do the same. Also, just suck it up and get a good enterprise resource system instead of having bits and pieces designed by different employees. The benefits will far outweigh the costs.