The Nature of the business makes it hard to be creative but not impossible - Lead Engineer Boeing Employee Review

4.0
Mar 2, 2010
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Pros

Products serve a useful function Great facilities and support personnel Supportive co-workers and low level management Good medical & retirement benefits Competitive salary structure Good opportunities for advancement . . . if you play by the party rules

Cons

The nature of the products (super reliable commercial airplanes) tends to discourage creativity and bog one down in rules, many of which can be outdated. The retention grading system can be threatening, and can discourage new ideas Upper management has in recent years seriously weakened the financial strength of the company re its development strategies of new models, which in turn has weakened job security

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5.0
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Pros

Good work life balance for employees and management

Cons

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4.0
Jun 28, 2026
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Pros

Work-life balance has been great at the Long Beach site. My coworkers are very considerate and supportive. Benefits suck as parental leave and 401k, Roth 401k, and mega backdoor Roth make it so you can really get ahead in terms of retirement building. They are trying to get better in culture and performance rather than some companies that don’t even pretend to care. During the pandemic there was no training. Now there’s some!

Cons

Base pay can be slightly lower than other companies for specific skills. Each site and each organization within each site has its own culture depending on who is the VP/executive team. There are so many executives it’s hard to get things done. Things move very slowly.

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