Not the place for Developers - Programmer/Analyst II Boeing Employee Review

1.0
Mar 8, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

- Depends on your group, but in general Boeing is very flexible with work. - Room to move up since lots of people are retiring.

Cons

- Benefits WAS good when you were able to get a hold of pension (doesn't offer it anymore) and the LTP (pays for education in full) before it was watered down with restrictions. - In general the healthcare benefits are mediocre at best. They'll tell you that their benefits are comparable to other companies, but they don't hold a light to companies like Microsoft/Amazon/etc. I have friends who work at a grocer company that offers better healthcare plan than Boeing does. - This is not the place to be doing development work. For those aspiring SDE and SDET, please take my advice and look elsewhere (I had to learn the hard way). Runnnnnnn now!!!!!!! You feel your skills rust at a rapid place here. - Everything is very slow moving. Its hard to get things done. - Pay sucks for developers. You'll get better elsewhere. - They say that want to attract and retain young talent, but they do poorly once they get you in the door.

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Cons

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4.0
Jun 28, 2026
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Pros

Work-life balance has been great at the Long Beach site. My coworkers are very considerate and supportive. Benefits suck as parental leave and 401k, Roth 401k, and mega backdoor Roth make it so you can really get ahead in terms of retirement building. They are trying to get better in culture and performance rather than some companies that don’t even pretend to care. During the pandemic there was no training. Now there’s some!

Cons

Base pay can be slightly lower than other companies for specific skills. Each site and each organization within each site has its own culture depending on who is the VP/executive team. There are so many executives it’s hard to get things done. Things move very slowly.

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