Great benefits but a slow moving company - Systems and Data Analyst Boeing Employee Review

4.0
Aug 29, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Opportunity to work with MANY technologies, flexible work schedules, and GREAT benefits. Boeing owns nearly every piece of software ever developed and in many cases Boeing is the largest owner of many pieces of software in existence. This fact alone allows Boeing employees to work closely with other technology companies on top of the line software which translates in to a great learning opportunity. Boeing also allows for flexible work schedules. Many employees work virtually a day or two a week and a few employees work 100% virtual from their homes. Plus Boeing allows for flex time where you can work extra hours one day and take the afternoon off the next. Finally, Boeing has some of the best benefits in the US. It has a huge 401K match plus a fully employer paid pension plan. This on top of their fantastic health, vision and dental insurance and no cost (in most cases) to employees.

Cons

Thing move very slowly. Boeing has a large bureaucracy to navigate to get things done. Projects can drag on for many months or even years due to the huge number of approvals that are needed to get things done. Buying new software can be a nightmare. Also Boeing is a "no-fault" work environment which is a benefit in a sense that you can't get fired for a mistake but this also translates into a lot of lazy workers who don't care about their job. Apparently you can't get fired for that either. Over the next few years, as the baby boomer generation retires from Boeing, I would expect that to change.

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
May 27, 2026
Recommend
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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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