Opportunities to learn, not a lot of support to do so - Industrial Engineer II Boeing Employee Review

2.0
Jun 17, 2022
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Pros

I've worked at Boeing for 2 years. This has been my first job out of college as an Industrial Engineer. I have had tons of opportunities to learn new skills and grow ones I already had, but was given virtually no other support to do so. I had an amazing first manager who worked hard to tackle hard topics during staff meetings, and genuinely listened to all sides of an argument/dispute. Managers like this are far and few between at Boeing.

Cons

When I first joined the company, I was given no training as to what I would be working on in my role. Instead, I was thrown directly into the fire and had to figure out EVERYTHING on my own. As a new engineer, this was difficult and frustrating. There are currently not many standards documents on how to execute the types of projects I was working, and subject matter experts are often very hard to find. I spend most of my time on wild goose chases trying to track down the correct people/info. This might not be a Boeing particular thing, but they often treat their employees less like team members and more like company assets. By this I mean I was reorganized many times and was almost forced to transfer to another organization because the manager wanted my skills. I had no say in the matter. Company culture is also very old school, things move very slow and people resist change. During the pandemic I have not always felt safe working onsite as not many people mask and many employees are not vaccinated. Additionally, we were told that working hybrid/from home would be assessed at an individual level, but managers do not follow this for the sake of "fairness" to others on the team.

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Cons

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3.0
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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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