DEAD END JOB for Experienced and over 40 (St. Louis) - Supplier Program Manager Boeing Employee Review

2.0
Oct 20, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Flex time, decent healthcare, vacation & sick time. Interesting work. If you're young, you will have free or near free healthcare. If you're old, you will be paying for all the young people to have free or near free healthcare.

Cons

The company is forcing the experienced employees out and replacing them with inexperienced (cheaper) personnel. Promotions go to friends and people are chosen for a job before the interview takes place. Boeing fills in the interviews with "filler" people for the appearance that everyone has a chance and that no bias' is taking place. If you've been with the company more than 20 years, you're only purpose to be in the interview is as filler only. Experience is a HUGE disadvantage. Boeing is only promoting inexperienced people over the top of mid-senior career people, while relying on the experienced to continue to run the company. Raises are cost of living or below. I am still proud of what we do and who we serve - the warfighter. But I could not be more ashamed of my company and how agist they are. They are not the company they used to be. Boeing is a huge disappointment. I regret not leaving years ago and I'm surrounding by 100's of people in the same boat looking for jobs and wishing retirement to come. It's insulting to be training the very people who leap over you and then become your manager. Do your research... Go to LinkedIn and see who's getting promoted, who's titles are changing and who are in executive positions. Research the number of people in their 20s to early 30s that are advancing. Those who have been there a while have ZERO chance for promotions. ZERO ZERO

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