Boeing is a great place to launch a career or finish a career - but just mediocre in betweeen - Guidance, Navigation, & Control Engineer (GNC) Boeing Employee Review

4.0
3 Oct 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Boeing has numerous opportunties for growth or career diversity. You can join Boeing and find numerous opportunities within the company. Basically, if you cant find a job within the company you want to do, odds are you just aren't happy in this company. Boeing goes to a lot of effort to keep people (sometimes too much), but it pays off in terms of stability and longevity of employees. Boeing's benefits are top-notch, its salaries are mainly fair, and the educational benefits are well-beyond the rest of the industry. There is a lot of knowledge within this company, and thats very neat for an engineer.

Cons

Boeing Senior Management is almost too political - they are more like politicians than leaders. Most managers are former engineers, which has its plusses and minuses. There is a shrinking knowledge of good program manager skills, and that is hurting overall program execution. I would also say that the "bean counters" are taking over - there seem to be too many people who have no idea what I do or how I do it, but who have authority to publicly criticize me for not accomplishing enough work in the time laid out for me to do it. Finally, the St Louis site is getting very stale and innovation is incredibly low. I imagine this site only has a few more good years left in it.

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Cons

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3.0
27 May 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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