Everything is about the buck. Lots of Nepotism and favoritism. Experienced Baby Boomers (Craftsman) are jumping off the ship leaving the less qualified to build the aircraft. New Supervisors with less than 3 years experience on the shop floor, don't know much about the processes required to build an airplane. Company takes away more and more with each contract. Union and Non-union workers treated like cattle while upper management rake in large bonuses. Bias in pay for similar jobs, A Manufacturing Engineer working in the Interior Responsibility Center makes on average $20,000 less than a Manufacturing Engineer working in Finale Assembly. Work offloaded overseas needs continual audit and rework. Have witnessed employees being harassed and bullied. When reported Human Resources and Supervision turns a blind eye. Parking can be horrendous. Employees have already lost their pension, medical payment for co-pays and deductibles are increasing. Merit pools are decreasing. Pay for Performance is a joke.
Boeing with the realization that Baby Boomers in the thousands will soon retire is hiring new employees at lower and lower salaries. The Baby Boomers with tons of experience also attain very high salaries. Those high salaries will soon disappear. By holding down new hires the company will receive a large boost in profits. Combine that with loss of a pension, increased deductibles, and higher co-pays the company will reap larger profits on the backs of the employees. As the profits increase the wealth I believe should be shared equally but it is not. The bonus pools for upper management in 2012 increased 54%. I believe McNerny's increase in compensation was $23 million dollars.
If there are 25 people per supervisor, I would estimate that 4 are not needed. Many are looking to climb the ladder of success but not willing to learn the basics of the job before them. Others are allowed to escape work by attending Safety Meetings, Morale Boosting meetings, any function they can find outside of performing their given tasks, and a good share find they can carry a clip board and find people to socialize with in other areas of the building for hours. Lunch is 40 minutes for the Techs and Profs but 1/hr or more is the norm. Many including Supervisors arrive to work then disappear to eat breakfast in the cafeterias. In my area we had a high grade Manufacturing Engineer who basically made his living off of taking pictures and socializing.
