Great and chill company - Software Engineer Level-1 Boeing Employee Review

5.0
Jun 28, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

- Excellent work-life balance - Hours are extremely flexible - Great technical knowledge - Great benefits and pretty good pay

Cons

- Upper and middle management is pretty - Transferring internally only allows parallel moves (such as not being able to transfer internally from a level 1 to a level 2) - No stock options and the purchase plan is a measly 5% discount - Large company, so things move slow - Non technical managers

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Pros

Amazing work life balance and PTO

Cons

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2.0
Jul 13, 2026
Recommend
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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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