Good company, maybe not good for cyber - CyberSecurity Engineer II Boeing Employee Review

3.0
13 Jul 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Pretty good company culture, love their REACH program to get people involved and social outside of work, but very work focused. Benefits can't be beat with the 401k matching and love flex time. Great work/life balance.

Cons

Promotions, bonuses, and advancements are virtually nonexistent. This has been especially true since the company's 737 max disaster. I joined right after it happened and the company's definitely been struggling. The fact Boeing got a payout to be saved during the COVID and 737 max crisis made me lose faith in the company. The recent trend has been to hire from outside the company rather than promote from within which is disappointing. Specifically, cyber is not great at Boeing. I switched site locations to try to get exposure to more engaging and interesting cyber work but just got more of the same -- scanning, auditing, compliance, and reports. Very tedious, boring, and hum-drum. I honestly believe I have learned nothing new in technical skills for the last 2-3 years; it's just more of the same, cybersecurity-wise. It's not great for growth in the cyber field and I plan to leave soon so I can get exposed to more of the various different realms of cybersecurity that Boeing doesn't seem interested in exploring. Additionally, could be getting paid much more for what I am doing. Salary is lower than market on average, which again points to Boeing not valuing cyber professionals in general.

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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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