Boeing reviews

3.7

71% would recommend to a friend

(18,241 total reviews)
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75% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Boeing has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 18,241 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Boeing employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Aerospace & Defense industry (3.6 stars).

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18K reviews
4.0
May 23, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Health and dental benefits are excellent. It's very cool to work on large airplanes. Salary is good. The job is pretty stable and they are extremely flexible with schedules. I currently work 9 hour days with every other Friday off and can leave anytime if I have an emergency at home. It is also possible to "flex" your schedule and rearrainge your hours in the week tto still work the 40 hours, but get off early to go golfing or whatever you want. If I need I have the opportunity to work OT and get paid for it. Boeing doesn't seem to have high expectations so it's easy to stand out from the crowd. Leadership is typically willing to give the less experienced employees opportunities for growth. There are lots of different jobs all over the company that you can transfer to. Boeing will pay for any and all education regardless of relevance to work assignment.

Cons

Boeing is terrible at integrating new employees. Most new employees come in on their first day and get lost for hours on campus until they finally find their group and then no one knows they were coming. Initial involvement in work is extremely slow and often people have to ask for more work several times before they get busy. Often assignments are very small and don't give a veiw of the overall project. After not very long employee skills can get pigeonholed which makes it difficult to change jobs. Boeing's work enivironment is old and stuffy and any new workplaces are focused on functionality, not employee comfort. There is no clear direction for training and opportunties for promotion take many years to accomplish. Standard process make it hard for exceptional employees to get more signifigant reward than underperforming employees.

4.0
Aug 24, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent benefits packages: Health, Dental, Vision, Life, 401k, 100% tuition reimbursement for continuing education, 2 week holiday break for Christmas/New Year, competitive salaries, exciting programs

Cons

Promotion budget is always slim, only a set # of employees can advance each year. But hiring budget is separate. So they will hire someone brand new, fresh out of school, no experience, before they will promote from within. Also, compression issues exist. New hires making more $ than existing employees at the same level.

1.0
Jan 27, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Maybe brand name. Honestly, not much since this company has gone through so many scandals and irresponsible behaviors.

Cons

I was part of the Boeing rotational program for finance back then. I honestly did not tell this story during my time there for fear of retaliation. The co-workers that worked there were ex-military and extremely white male dominated. I was one of two minorities on that floor at the time. It was terrible. There was very little training and guidance and the systems were outdated. They even resorted to data entry and printing out documents at that time. I remember that one of the roles that I needed to do was highlight a stack of 200 pages of information and then report on them. When suggestions of optimizing the process came up, I was yelled out. If it wasnt done the way that that manager wanted, she would lash out and verbally harass me. To this day, I wish I spoken to HR on this toxic workplace. Avoid at all costs this location in Fairfax. I have countless other examples of this behavior as well. Another example was how the manager blocked my move into another division in which I had done and built good connections for. If you are not white and male, it is tough to survive in this toxic environment.

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