Overall positive, yet crushing - Systems Engineer II Boeing Employee Review

3.0
7 Jul 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Solid benefits, even for things you'll never use. Cool products and by in large good people.

Cons

Hiring and promotion systems force career engineers out of the company, classic ' you have to leave to promote or get substantial raises' situation. Senior management is generally late career washouts who are not held accountable for poor performance (i.e. low retention of employees). Performance evaluation system is subjective and broken, only present to protect the company legally. High performers are milked for all they have and not compensated accordingly. Systematic, standardized training and development of staff is unfunded and unplanned. First line managers (k-level) are overtasked and unable to effectively managed. Facilities and physical benefits are lacking (you wouldn't think you were in a world class engineering company when you walk through the door each day and find your desk). Finally, I have no confidence c-suite and executive leadership, nor the board. If I didn't know better I'd say they are milking this historic company for all the money they can before they abandoned ship. No accountability for these leaders.

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5.0
25 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good work life balance for employees and management

Cons

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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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