Meh - Specialist Boeing Employee Review

1) Most everyone I met was very uptight. Oddly hostile, defensive, and unprofessional reactions to even the simplest questions. Zero soft skills at all. 2) Most people I met hadn’t worked anywhere else in the last 35 years. They had no ability or interest in examining other ways of working. 3) There was a weird (and very delusional) sense of hubris that their way of doing things is beyond reproach. So much arrogance. 4) Everything felt over-engineered, tedious, too structured, inefficient, conservative, and political. I felt like I was gaslit or patronized when I’d bring it up very basic observations that could remove unnecessary steps. After a while I just became a sycophant because that’s what reduced friction and made the day to day easier. 5) I felt very out of place. I was easily 30 years younger than everyone I worked with. We had nothing in common, nothing to talk about, and very different viewpoints on most things. Boeing was not a fit for me, personally or professionally. I did learn some things there, but there was no way I was making a long term career out of that place. I felt like it led to disordered workplace habits that would be damaging to my career. I felt so much relief when I left.