Burned Out - Software Engineer IV Boeing Employee Review

2.0
Sep 3, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Boeing is a large stable company. I feel proud of the quality of the work we do, and our products are the best in the world.

Cons

Boeing is a large bureaucratic company. There is mandatory Ethics Training, Lean+ Initiatives, and rules up the kazoo. I can live with this, but I am getting bitter that it is more common to see the people who do good quiet work being passed over for promotions while the LeanPlussers are promoted.

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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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