Good Company, Amazing Flexibility, but Poor Practices - Design Engineer Boeing Employee Review

3.0
Oct 13, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

- Good salaries for new hires - Tons of different career choices; if desired, one could move from engineering, to finance, and then to marketing. Boeing is good about career freedom. - You can learn a ton on the job without prior knowledge - benefits package is top notch compared to other companies I've surveyed - Flexibility to spread your 40 hrs/wk out in a way that suits you best as long as you get your work done (this perk is manager dependent) - Know that your products are changing how the world works

Cons

- Company preaches its core values, however, cost and schedule always beat out quality. **Note; quality does NOT equal safety. Boeing definitely prioritizes safety first** - Feedback loop for engineers is non-existent. Product development engineers tend to hop around from one project to another without sticking around to see if their designs resulted in problems. Results in perpetuating poor design choices. - Poor compensation for 5 year employees and up. - Very slow to adopt change - Still has the "old boys club" mentality

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Pros

Amazing work life balance and PTO

Cons

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2.0
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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

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