Great Name - Mechanical Engineer Boeing Employee Review

3.0
May 12, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good name recognition and industry respect for working there. It shares engineering best practices across commercial and defense units. Health benefits and 401(k) are good. Continuing education benefits are 100% prepaid, send transcript with a B after semester is over as proof.

Cons

Starting salary is lower than other defense companies. A lot of the engineering staff is getting old. About half of them should retire or be demoted from an efficiency standpoint. There's no more pension for new hires. The unions in WA and CA are killing corporate bottom lines, and trickle to corporate financial reports, which trickle down to non-union employees. Advancement opportunities from within was difficult.

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Pros

Easy going, nice benefits, free further education (masters/PhD). Great for an engineer starting out who needs to dip their feet in the pool of engineering for a few years and to get a great 401(k) match at the start of your career (compounding growth). Great for late stage career due to the benefits and solid enough pay in a low cost of living area

Cons

pay-scale lagging, no emphasis on learning new things, no punishment for people who are bad at their job. After working for 4 years, I feel like I should have jumped ship after 2. I haven't been given meaningful work that really challenges me in a while. Now I feel pigeonholed into staying because I have enough years of experience that I really should be considered senior, but I haven't been given work that reflects what I senior engineer should be capable of. Now I'm trying to jump ship before it's really too late. If I stay here another 2 years I think I will be genuinely unemployable and will have to stay at this company forever.

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