An average place to work. - Software Engineer Boeing Employee Review

3.0
21 Oct 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Big company hand-holding. Very good benefits. A number of projects that only big-gun defense contractors can get. Depending on where you are, you can be working with some really good people. Much better for technical work than management.

Cons

Big company bureaucracy and irrational processes, well beyond required for defense contracting. Lots of un-accounted for time, particularly if you are in management, where you are graded on the curve. It is a "40 hour nominal" but really 50, 60 if you are trying to get anywhere, with lots of fuzzy expectations. That fact is not remarkable, but the refusal to keep track of that makes planning a lot harder, and tends to lead to fake plans. Lots of straight communication noise and rules that are irrelevant to day-to-day operations. I feel like I am supporting a lot of heavy weight that is paid to get in my way. Lots of unexciting projects that big-gun defense contractors generate for job security and revenue.

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
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Recommend
CEO approval
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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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