An over paid GE brat. - Design Engineer Boeing Employee Review

3.0
Apr 11, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

One of the few aerospace companies left in the US. Boeing is a large, and complex, so there many different technical or business opportunities (within aerospace or defense). Boeing is also the main player in global aviation, so there a plenty of international opportunities.

Cons

The best part of the "old" culture is being tossed out, and yet retained the it's worst business practices. Most specifically, there is to much "dead weight" within Boeing. People who exist without any consideration of business practices in any other part of industry. Mainly Boeing is too bureaucratic. When I arrived a coworker described it as similar to working for the government ... which is about right. The other big issue is a lack of excellence in engineering - I believe this is mostly due to their culture of promoting seniority (even if it is a non-degreed drafter) over talent.

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Pros

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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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