Boeing reviews

3.7

71% would recommend to a friend

(18,287 total reviews)
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77% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

Boeing has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 18,287 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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3.0
Feb 16, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

The company had great benefits; however, recent changes in the health, education and 401k benefits have dimished this some. Good but not great. As many have mentioned, the work/life balance is pretty good as well.

Cons

The Peter Principle and Good Ol' Boys network are alive and well. Being assigned high visibility, challenging assignments, is often based on who you know rather than actual performance, experience and knowledge. It is difficult to get promoted, and depending on your site, there is very little career growth. In order to advance (level and skills), one must be willing relocate to various sites throughout his career. Additionally, those who take advantage of the Learning Together Program and earn graduate degrees, very quickly realize that such an achievement gets you nowhere fast. This has frustrated many employees.

2.0
Aug 12, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Boeing, in general, has pretty decent health benefits. The Learning Together Program is also decent if you are willing to commit to Boeing for 2 years after acquiring a degree AND pursue a strategic field.

Cons

Waste of time. Definitely not the place for a young, motivated, enthusiastic person to develop professionally. Use Boeing as a means to get your foot in the door and then move on! Oh, and don't feel bad about it either...Boeing uses it's people everyday by not paying salaries commensurate with education, experience or market trends and making it nearly impossible to be promoted unless your manager is your friend OR you have been with the company a certain number of years (regardless of performance). Boeing looks good on a resume, that's it...however, the business model is outdated.

2.0
Aug 10, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The best reason to work for Boeing Integrated Defense Systems were the perks; not the health insurance (which was great), definitely not the pay (which was average at best), but for the education expense reimbursement program. That was the BOMB! It was a gravy traing!! You could take any classes you wanted, and the company paid for it 100%!!! Of course, all good things have to come to an end, and that program was shredded to peices by senior management. By the time the "new & improved" program emerged, it was literally unrecognizably cheap!

Cons

Working in thee finance department was a joke. C'mon, who really needs a $80,000+ college degree to add and subtract in excel? All the different finance functions were more of the same; excel, excel, excel; and don't make a mistake, because if you added a single number wrong, management would have your kidneys removed by force without anesthesia.

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