Good Benefits... Managers, managers, managers - Software Engineer Boeing Employee Review

3.0
Jul 12, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

401K match, company paid health insurance (now I hear you have a deductible), good work life balance (almost too good), paid overtime

Cons

Most of the projects worked had 1:1 ratio of managers to engineers. It's very top heavy. However, before I left, they started pink slipping all the upper people that weren't adding value to the company. Company specialty is hardware. It does not know how to write "good" software. Most managers will assign whoever they want to "code" regardless of technical background. Budgets come and go. Not a good working environment if you want long term ownership of a project.

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5.0
Jun 16, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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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

4.0
Jun 28, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Work-life balance has been great at the Long Beach site. My coworkers are very considerate and supportive. Benefits suck as parental leave and 401k, Roth 401k, and mega backdoor Roth make it so you can really get ahead in terms of retirement building. They are trying to get better in culture and performance rather than some companies that don’t even pretend to care. During the pandemic there was no training. Now there’s some!

Cons

Base pay can be slightly lower than other companies for specific skills. Each site and each organization within each site has its own culture depending on who is the VP/executive team. There are so many executives it’s hard to get things done. Things move very slowly.

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