Great until our contract ran out... - Software Engineer Boeing Employee Review

4.0
Jul 25, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Fascinating and engaging work until our development contract got near completion, then it got boring. They do (or did) compensate you at a premium rate for overtime if you're a salaried employee. Generally great benefits, although somebody who goes to work for Boeing now doesn't get the same deal as the long-term employees. The company has been shifting more and more to portable defined-contribution post-employment benefits (via the Voluntary Investment Plan, Boeingspeak for a 401(k)) but the long term employees like me got a non-portable pension.

Cons

Work-life balance stinks as you're expected to work until the job's finished. Leadership promises the world to the customer as the aerospace business works contract to contract. At least my management told me to save my money and I took it to heart. Training is good, and if you are temporarily between tasks there was a lot of voluntary training opportunities available.

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Cons

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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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