Many good things but some unacceptable bad things - Engineer Boeing Employee Review

2.0
Feb 12, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Smart co-workers, interesting and varied work, great pay and benefits, innovative products

Cons

Embedded arrogance now facing intense global competition. The company lays off employees to counteract huge leadership errors; age discrimination; the vision is inspiring but the company is now dumping employees rather than fixing the root causes, leaders are in a different class than everyone else. Boeing culture of respect has been destroyed by McDonnell Douglas short-term perspective and lack of respect for the workforce. Terrible employee communication. Top-down culture. Lots of bloat and bureaucracy. Layoffs more rampant than those portrayed in the news.

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5.0
Jun 16, 2026
Anonymous employee
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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

3.0
May 27, 2026
Recommend
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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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