Great benefits, but promotions require an act of God - Embedded Software Engineer Boeing Employee Review

3.0
Mar 8, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Awesome health benefits, nothing paid out of pocket for the HMO plans. Premiums rose this year, but still Boeing is an industry leader. Learning Together Program provides for tuition reimbursement up to a general level (though not unlimited like it was in the past.) Paid overtime for exempt employees.

Cons

Promotions are difficult to come by. Time in grade, time in grade, time in grade.

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5.0
Feb 16, 2026
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Pros

Great to work for the summer and opportunities to learn. Lots of exposure.

Cons

Overall dated systems which were concerning

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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