Empires should only change course slowly, but they should do it. - Quality Analyst Boeing Employee Review

3.0
Aug 22, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Big company with big challenges which, if you're prepared to pay YOURSELF on the back for solving, is very rewarding. There's a sense of pride on working for Boeing which is not available on many other places - it may seem abstract but knowing that you're part of the 'family' which build the planes you get onto routinely is a very positive experience.

Cons

Most middle managers have been with the company for 20+ years and are completely out of touch with the workforce and the motivation strategies required. Boeing is trying very hard to recruit young graduates but is running the risk of a huge loss of experience by allowing those 20+ year tenure people to retire without capitalizing on the growing experience of it's middle tenure employees (who are really very restless and considering other work opportunities). The company need new blood, but as a large entity it cannot afford a knowledge drought while it establishes new working practices. I'm one of the new recruits but I'm horribly aware of the potential gap which could be created when a workforce as disenchanted as the middle tenure employees in this company leaves - they're the link between the strategic planning and ground-floor operations and their knowledge, although apparently not prized, is the backbone of the company.

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
May 27, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Easy going, nice benefits, free further education (masters/PhD). Great for an engineer starting out who needs to dip their feet in the pool of engineering for a few years and to get a great 401(k) match at the start of your career (compounding growth). Great for late stage career due to the benefits and solid enough pay in a low cost of living area

Cons

pay-scale lagging, no emphasis on learning new things, no punishment for people who are bad at their job. After working for 4 years, I feel like I should have jumped ship after 2. I haven't been given meaningful work that really challenges me in a while. Now I feel pigeonholed into staying because I have enough years of experience that I really should be considered senior, but I haven't been given work that reflects what I senior engineer should be capable of. Now I'm trying to jump ship before it's really too late. If I stay here another 2 years I think I will be genuinely unemployable and will have to stay at this company forever.

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