Abandon hope, all ye who enter.... - Systems Engineer Boeing Employee Review

2.0
3 Oct 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The only pro for working for Boeing are the benefits and perks. It's hard to beat their educational reimbursement program. Great thing to take advantage of.

Cons

Most of the meaningful engineering work is given to suppliers. This leaves little room for development of younger employees. Also, no big contracts looming in the near future. Also, there is a big disconnect between senior management and the actual engineering workforce. It seems as if they don't understand the nature of the work we're doing always leads to problems down the road. Additionally, performance reviews are a complete waste of time as nearly all employees (stellar and mediocre) get very similar reviews and performance increases.

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
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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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