Bureaucracy, cynical culture, failure to adapt to the modern world. Those with hope are beaten down and those beaten down beat others down. The culture is primarily negative, except a few people I've met who do a great job of making their teams positive. They are against the current, however, and I've seen them ousted frequently. Boeing is full of politics. From team leads to VPs, it's a battle for power and clout more than a coordinated effort to build great technology.