Simply can't beat the benefits - Software Engineer Boeing Employee Review

5.0
Jan 7, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits Competitive salary for software Smart technical people Has "wow" factor - pretty awesome to build planes and weapons Software group encourages rotating to other positions

Cons

Communication and social skills do not abound. Doesn't feel as "fresh" or "cutting edge" as you would think Experience prior to Boeing doesn't count - people are "lifers" from the day they interned Terrible about software training - all on your own time Golden child syndrome in some areas

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Cons

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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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