Boeing reviews

3.7

71% would recommend to a friend

(18,227 total reviews)
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75% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

Boeing has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 18,227 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Boeing employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Aeroespacial y defensa industry (3.6 stars).

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18K reviews
3.0
Jun 14, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

If you work to live, than Boeing is a great place to be. Flex time, working from home, are all available to employees. Vacation and sick time can be used with little to no advance notice at any time. Benefits package is AWESOME. 401k matching, FREE health care . . . great for a family. Free tuition for those wanting to get higher education.

Cons

Incentives for you to work hard are almost non existent. A bad engineer can work there for 20 years, get a parking spot, and make 100k. A great engineer will work there for 20 years, get a parking spot, and make 110k. Promotions are based off time and grade, not how hard you work or your personal performance. Boeing also doesn't do a lot of engineering but systems integration. If you are looking to work with and develop leading technology, Boeing is not for you.

2.0
Jun 14, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Benifits: excellent educational benefits and free health insurance. You want to get paid for not working. It's a union company, so as long as you show up during your scheduled work time and don't get caught watching porn on-line (and if you get caught spending too much time on-line by IT you find other ways to start spending your time) you pretty much won't get fired. Many employees constantly have low quality work so that when there is work to be done, it's not generally assigned to them.

Cons

Not able to do engineering. Bored to tears (after requesting more work for months, I was finally told by my boss (after pointing out that I literally have no work left to do for about 3 weeks) "What do you want me to do?!? Everyone else is in the same position!" -- also note that my group is still hiring more people). Pay is below average for the degrees required (not initially, but raises tend to run close to 3% and it's nearly impossible to get promotions other than by taking a new job). Ethical issues and sexual discrimination and harassment are not dealt with well (the company works hard to cover up their tracks and rarely punishes even very egregious offenses). If you ask many older employees, many of them have at least one story (especially females -- I think they've all "been there"). Having a hard time moving into other jobs after becoming a paperwork pusher at Boeing. There are few engineers that do engineering work at Boeing. It's hard to convince other companies that you are an engineer after years of experience with non or pseudo technical paperwork pushing. Things like virtual office and flexible hours are heavily promoted to new recruits, but are dependent on approval of your first line manager (most first line managers won't approve it, unless you're dying of cancer and will take a medical LOA otherwise).

4.0
Jun 13, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Many opportunities for advancement for those with the desire to do so. They make outstanding products and are concerned about the well-being of their employees. The have a great program for training, both within the company and for outside schooling. They have many opportunities to get involved with the community as well as recreational clubs.

Cons

Large company with lots of bureaucracy. Communication lacking between departments. Managers sometimes are too busy taking care of mundane tasks, paperwork, metrics, etc., rather than looking at how their employees are doing. Not enough attention is paid to how employees are getting along with each other which can cause some workplace strife.

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