Stable, Professional, Rewarding Work Environment - Systems Engineer Boeing Employee Review

4.0
Feb 13, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

When I think of Boeing, the best things I think of are how stable and interesting the work is. There is a real respect among my peers for developing each other's skills on the job, and encouraging employees to grow. For technical employees, the Technical Fellowship program opens opportunities across the enterprise to contribute to product development and analysis. My team(s) are some of the best people I know from industry or outside of work. Boeing does a great job in the hiring process of filtering problems before they get a chance to be employees.

Cons

It is sometimes difficult to get needed support during periods of high demand. Aerospace in general is a "feast or famine" industry, and working in bid and proposal or research and development one tends to suffer from uneven internal funding and hence support can be a problem. Successful employees (who work B&P or R&D) learn to develop strategies to cope with this, but it can be costly to work/life balance. I don't have any particular negatives... I feel like Boeing does a good job of measuring my worth and compensating me fairly... but that's why I'm on glassdoor (to see if that's true).

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5.0
Jun 16, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Fantastic benefits and work-life balance. 401k match is unmatched!

Cons

Easy to get pigeon-holed into a role. Try exploring ways to stay pro-active and do different things

3.0
May 27, 2026
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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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