Some interesting work, lots of bureaucracy, career dominated by team - Software Engineer Boeing Employee Review

3.0
Apr 28, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Opportunities to do interesting work.

Cons

So much bureaucracy, so many unnecessary meetings. Way too many managers with all needing to invent changes to justify their roles and get promoted. Excellence is not valued; ability to bring in money is only thing value -- issue is, the ability to bring in money is extremely strongly tied to what team you are in and what internal / external opportunities you are exposed to. Many people are in `dead-end` teams that never see / generate funding opportunities and hence careers are capped quite quickly.

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5.0
Jun 16, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Fantastic benefits and work-life balance. 401k match is unmatched!

Cons

Easy to get pigeon-holed into a role. Try exploring ways to stay pro-active and do different things

3.0
May 27, 2026
Recommend
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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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