Good Technical Management - Lacking Program Management - Software Engineer IV Boeing Employee Review

3.0
Aug 9, 2014
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Pros

Good benefits, compensation and flexible work hours. Technical leadership at my Boeing site is wonderful and encouraging. I'm challenged to grow my technical ability. Great 401K plan and pension for those of us hired before 2009.

Cons

Poor program management so much that Boeing tolerates management screaming and yelling at employees. Program management does not come to see us if we work in another building other than the main Boeing building. Communication is generally ineffective between functional managers and employees. The good functional managers leave for greener pastures or get a pink slip if funding goes away. Engineering staff usually takes over the project the right way because the functional managers seem to not be technical. There seems to be a revolving door at the Director and VP levels and nobody knows why certain people are removed "abruptly". Older folks who dress in beach lounge attire and sneakers are left to sit in their cubes and think about why the wind blows while other good people get axed. Communication downward to the peons is non existent. No real career path upward unless the senior technical program person pushes senior functional management for your upward movement. Benefits are fading away and medical plans are starting to take a lot more out of my pocket due to higher coinsurance rates. Entering workday time is mandatory and becomes a pain point when you don't have Internet access in another building.

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Cons

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4.0
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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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