Huge management issues and huge lack of serious software/hardware/systems talent - Systems Engineer Boeing Employee Review

3.0
Mar 27, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

union strong**** great 401k plan (no pension for employees after 2011 in washington state) great healthcare great PTO (when i left for union members sick time off and paid time off were in seperate pools)

Cons

their salary is not competitive for tech roles in the seattle area no stock bonuses when I was there Management is the biggest issue by far, I have seen software engineering teams end up with managers with mechanical engineering backgrounds causing a clear difference in ideas between the engineers and leaders. Management cares only about metrics rather and personal contribution but ill add the union only makes this issue worse. Hiring talent is a joke, not only do they not offer competetive wages, there is a ton of red tape preventing getting good people, and finally the WORST issue by far for hiring is that the majority of interviews are incredibily easy and do not ask questions related to the job they are posted for. The interview process allows people who have no idea what they are doing join a team and become a drain on resources.

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Cons

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3.0
May 27, 2026
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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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