Boeing reviews

3.7

71% would recommend to a friend

(18,247 total reviews)
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75% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

Boeing has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 18,247 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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3.0
Jan 13, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Continuing education is excellent, as is the 401k match in this day and age (although does it compare to the pension I used to accumulate back when I started?). Flexible work hours and a work from home day (depending on your work group of course) are also major benefits. Boeing does seem to be making changes to try to stay more competitive in response to industry pressure like the recent change to Parental Leave, which has now increased to 12 weeks. Medical benefits had always been a gold standard at Boeing and while they have taken many hits over time, and they're taking another big one in 2019, they still are a benefit. Boeing may not be a leader in many human resource areas, but they do try to keep the Titanic from hitting too many icebergs.

Cons

Change is hard to come by, and politics seems to rule. If you try to buck the trend and actually live the 'Boeing Values' and question the ingrained organizational structure to do what could actually save the company money you're going to hit roadblocks and career limitations. It is a struggle to stay motivated and find new avenues to promote ideas in a way that won't get shot down due to protectionism. As stated in the 'Pros', there has been an erosion of benefits over time. While the healthcare is still good, it is nowhere near what it used to be and not nearly the selling point that it once was. Management always told us that our salary may be lower than elsewhere, but that's because our benefits were so great. Well, our salary doesn't seem to have been bumped up to account for the changes and employees are being asked to take on more and more of the burden. Furthermore, in order to progress within the company, people have been encouraged to 'job hop' in the past rather than staying in place and growing their position. This leads to high turn over and difficulties maintaining a cohesive group and knowledge base. Right when people get trained and highly productive they are frustrated and ready to move forward so they look for opportunities elsewhere.

1.0
Nov 21, 2018

Worst place to work

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits are good, but not as good as they used to be

Cons

No leadership and no opportunity for advancement unless you’re best friends with someone that can help you.

3.0
Oct 31, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Union backing for engineers in the Puget Sound area. Flexible scheduling. Little to no power struggles or personal vendettas.

Cons

The really nice benefits are basically all going away bit by bit over the years. They're moving to be in line with other companies compensation-wise, all while being decades behind in most other areas. Software is seen as overhead. They're honestly looking to farm out as much of it as possible. Not really any where to go with software as a career at Boeing.

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