Good benefits, outdated culture - Software Engineer Boeing Employee Review

3.0
Dec 17, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits, including salary, vacation, sick leave and health insurance was great.

Cons

Workplace culture included a lack of go-getters, people willing to think outside of the box, and people willing to challenge any status quo. "We've always done it this way" would perfectly summarize a lot of the technical and business leadership. Software engineering expertise in general is extremely lacking, with many people having only cursory computer science / software engineering knowledge (but good problem domain / product knowledge). To make the point, if it were polled people's opinion on how important unit testing code is, probably only half of the respondents would even know what it is, let alone have opinions on it.

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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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