Opportunities to learn, not a lot of support to do so - Industrial Engineer II Boeing Employee Review

2.0
Jun 17, 2022
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Pros

I've worked at Boeing for 2 years. This has been my first job out of college as an Industrial Engineer. I have had tons of opportunities to learn new skills and grow ones I already had, but was given virtually no other support to do so. I had an amazing first manager who worked hard to tackle hard topics during staff meetings, and genuinely listened to all sides of an argument/dispute. Managers like this are far and few between at Boeing.

Cons

When I first joined the company, I was given no training as to what I would be working on in my role. Instead, I was thrown directly into the fire and had to figure out EVERYTHING on my own. As a new engineer, this was difficult and frustrating. There are currently not many standards documents on how to execute the types of projects I was working, and subject matter experts are often very hard to find. I spend most of my time on wild goose chases trying to track down the correct people/info. This might not be a Boeing particular thing, but they often treat their employees less like team members and more like company assets. By this I mean I was reorganized many times and was almost forced to transfer to another organization because the manager wanted my skills. I had no say in the matter. Company culture is also very old school, things move very slow and people resist change. During the pandemic I have not always felt safe working onsite as not many people mask and many employees are not vaccinated. Additionally, we were told that working hybrid/from home would be assessed at an individual level, but managers do not follow this for the sake of "fairness" to others on the team.

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Cons

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4.0
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Pros

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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