lots of Bureaucracy and bad management - Tooling Engineer Boeing Employee Review

2.0
Apr 10, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

good work life balance, good pay, good benefits

Cons

Almost everything is over managed and decisions often are driven by how things have been done before or to please an upper level manager instead of based on engineering or root cause analysis. The company likes to keep you doing the same type of work repetitively limiting your growth. The company often starts new initiatives to improve work but quickly fall back to they way it has been done before.

Explore other reviews about Boeing

5.0
Jul 21, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work Life Balance is pretty great most of the time.

Cons

Things come up every now and then that throws work-life balance out the windows.

2.0
Jul 13, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent work-life balance compared to many aerospace companies. Good benefits (healthcare, retirement, PTO).

Cons

- Five days per week in the office - Parking can be challenging. - Working across multiple time zones (U.S., Brazil, India) creates coordination overhead - Compensation is not competitive for the Seattle area. - Limited opportunities for meaningful career growth. While there are internal career paths, I haven't found many opportunities that align with the technical challenges and responsibilities I'm looking for - SPEEA's seniority-based structure can slow advancement for newer employees - Programs have very long development cycles, so it can take years to see your work become a finished product - Less exposure to cutting-edge technology than companies focused on emerging products (space, medical devices, AI hardware, quantum computing, etc. Significant bureaucracy and slow decision-making

See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All