Boeing reviews

3.7

71% would recommend to a friend

(18,260 total reviews)
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76% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

Boeing has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 18,260 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Boeing employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Aeroespacial y defensa industry (3.6 stars).

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1.0
Jul 23, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The company does pay well, and does provide good benefits, but that's about the limit :/.

Cons

This is not a company for "free thinker" engineers. The engineering side is run by "subject matter experts" who are 20 years behind in their field. When challenged, they respond with something along the lines of "we already have the best in class capabilities, why do we need to change?". Job status has no basis in merit: it is purely based on how long you have been at the company (which explains why some really unqualified people are considered experts). Whenever people poke their heads out of the box, they get pushed back down. They actively hunt down & destroy disruptive innovation, despite claiming "innovation" is a company value. Design is largely done by intuition and experience of the experts, which usually leads to poor performing designs and cost over-runs. The design mentality is largely the same as it was in the late 1980's, but with incremental technology improvements. Also, there is the bureaucracy. It took a full year to get approval to bring in non-standard computers for a group that needed better computers. Any time someone tries to do something new/non-standard, it has to go through a massive approval process, which inevitably ends up getting an expert to say "well, we don't need that, we already have the best", despite whatever evidence you show to the contrary. And, since they're the experts, their word is god.

1.0
Jul 4, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good to fair benefits. Chance of advancement (if you are young)

Cons

All the right things appear to be in place: The mission statement, the company values, annual goals, performance reviews, a skills team to totem pole employees, etc. The stunning reality is that a "Good Old Boy's" society can exist (with a lack of ethics of ethics). Silos exist and managers can "talk the talk" but not "walk the walk" Lots of empire building and fighting among middle management. They have an agenda with a vision that is mostly hidden. Constant change, chaos and management rotation. Ethics Problems & Age Discrimination

1.0
Jun 22, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Second and third shift get a shift differential, plus they're not as overrun with people. The money is doable at first; every six months sees you an additional 50 cents until you max out for your pay grade, which occurs after 6 years...if you can put up with it that long. Also, Boeing will give you money for school, if you can find the time to go!

Cons

The machinists union is weak. Period. They're not going to do much for you. The company exists on your normal shift M-F, but also the continuous overtime. Hopefully, you don't have a life, because, if you do, it will cease to exist or just ruin your relationships. This place is truly a grinder.

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