Be careful what you see is not what you get - Manufacturing Technician Boeing Employee Review

4.0
4 Feb 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The benifits....The benifits are the best reason to work for the Boeing Company. The Boeing Company will pay for any college classes that you want to take for any degree that you want to persue. They will also give you shares of stock for completeing a degree with them. Medical is paid in full by the company along with dental, vacation is a guaranteed 1 week a year, but the more hours that you work the more time you can get to take off. Pay is ok, but not up to par with the rest of the aerospace industry. They aslo have a recognition program that is good.

Cons

Long hours, treated unfairly, the union doesnt support you, management has no clue what they are doing. Depending on the program that you are on depends on how much support you do or do not get from management. The new program has alot of down falls that are because of the management, of course they are blaiming the mistakes on the union and the strike that happened in 08, but all in all it was the business plan that screwed them along with outsourcing portions of the build process to other countries and allowing them to retain the blue prints.

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5.0
16 Jun 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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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
27 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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