Boeing is an ok, but not great place to work. - Structural Analysis Engineer II Boeing Employee Review

3.0
Apr 2, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Boeing has great benefits. They will pay for any college courses you want, whether it is a music class at the local community college or working on a new degree. The classes are not required to be related to the job. Also, the health benefits are better than I have heard of at any other similar company. Another reason to work for Boeing is the vast knowledge base of the engineers there. If you are a young engineer looking to improve your skills and knowledge of engineering what you will learn here is far better than you will in any classroom.

Cons

I felt like the management there has trouble seeing big picture problems. By this I mean they will be so focused on meeting schedule that they will make decisions to complete a task poorly, to check it off their schedule, and that work will need to be redone later. If they saw the big picture, they would of made a better decision a day late and saved a ton of future work down the load. I saw these kind of decisions over and over again. It's not good for moral when management works this way. Another downside at Boeing is the salary. I didn't feel like the monetary compensation was as good as it should of been. I also thought the annual pay raises were a bit low, but the amount of any raises are partially dictated by the enginnering union.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

- Five days per week in the office - Parking can be challenging. - Working across multiple time zones (U.S., Brazil, India) creates coordination overhead - Compensation is not competitive for the Seattle area. - Limited opportunities for meaningful career growth. While there are internal career paths, I haven't found many opportunities that align with the technical challenges and responsibilities I'm looking for - SPEEA's seniority-based structure can slow advancement for newer employees - Programs have very long development cycles, so it can take years to see your work become a finished product - Less exposure to cutting-edge technology than companies focused on emerging products (space, medical devices, AI hardware, quantum computing, etc. Significant bureaucracy and slow decision-making

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