Entry Level Engineer - Anonymous employee Boeing Employee Review

4.0
Jul 1, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good healthcare and 401K benefits. There is an opportunity for a flexible work schedule depending on manager. Competitive entry level pay.

Cons

Just a cog in the machine of a giant corporation. Companies like this historically took care of employees to ensure retention - this is going away however (pensions, etc.). There is little incentive to stay with the company for long. Raises are difficult to come by, and your compensation/bonus is completely unrelated to your performance. There is not incentive to do anything more than mediocre work.

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