Leave aspirations at the door: crippling bureaucracy, and seniority-based rewards ahead - Software Engineer Boeing Employee Review

2.0
Feb 7, 2015
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Pros

- Easy interview process - Very little accountability - Pockets of amazing, talented people - Lots of holiday pay - Looks good on a resume

Cons

- Crippling bureaucracy means it's nearly impossible to make real impact - Management chain fond of making short-term, cost-cutting decisions that make them look good, but are detrimental in the long term - Lots of lazy and poor-performing employees are tolerated, and even rewarded based on nothing more than seniority

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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

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