Boeing Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Boeing

Pros – Global Company. Good future opportunities. Good social environment.
The brand, everyone knows the brand and quality of products.

Cons – Some Managers have too big of an ego. There are some that are ex military and they still have a command and control attitude. Other factors include being complacent, we sometimes take too long to get projects completed and the customer is annoyed with us.

Advice to Senior Management – Listen to fellow employees.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Boeing full-time for more than a year

Pros – A good group of people that genuinely enjoyed the work. They do pay for tertiary education which is an excellent incentive.

Cons – The company is too reliant on US decision makers and too slow to react to opportunities in the Australian market.

Advice to Senior Management – Delegate responsibilities to national decision makers

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Boeing full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – great retirement savings opportunity
great company paid continuing education opportunity
many employee clubs within the company
great opportunity to do the kind of job you love

Cons – a very large organization which is the wrong place for someone used to working in a small company.
embraces change but like a turning ship, is very slow to actually make change

Advice to Senior Management – Don't turn away well qualified potential employees by overstating requirements to qualify for a job requisition.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Boeing full-time for more than a year

Pros – Boeing is very large and diverse in terms of employment options. You can be an engineer, financial analyst, a manager, a mechanic, a safety guru, security, IT, you name it. Sometimes even cross over. There's a great deal of opportunity. Great work life balance as well.

Cons – Big business always has problems. It seems too bureaucratic and cumbersome in its processes and methodologies. Expect a lot of forms, regulations and signatures before anything actually happens.

Advice to Senior Management – End meaningless policy and metrics. Focus more on the core product and your employees. Try to slim excess Pro's and regulation.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Boeing full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Tons of opportunities, awesome programs for development, great mentors

Cons – Huge company causes tons of bureaucracy and politics, is easy to get lost in the shuffle, slow moving up the ranks

Advice to Senior Management – Create a collaborative environment, too many people are single points of failure and owners of important knowledge.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Boeing full-time

Pros – Great company to work for, good benefits, excellent team....

Cons – No thing to report - all is great

Advice to Senior Management – Keep up the great work

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Boeing full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Comfortable place to work with many opportunities

Cons – Not supportive of innovation and very bureaucratic

Advice to Senior Management – Not all investment decisions should be made based on business case.
Work on hiring better quality people.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Boeing full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – * Great benefits
* Ability to move to different opportunities
* Interesting work for software and electrical engineers

Cons – * Process heavy
* Defense side can be volatile due to budget issues
* Can be hard to get noticed outside of your work group

Advice to Senior Management – Be upfront about news, good or bad.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Boeing

Pros – Boeing is a great place for new engineers to grow and learn more about the aerospace industry. There is a lot of opportunity for growth as well - with a large number of employees eligible for retirement.

Cons – With no defined career advancement path, it can be difficult to grow within the same team you are working on. The best way to advance is to change jobs, which is not ideal for all employees.

Current Employee – been working at Boeing full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Upward mobility, chances to move within the function all over the country and the world; market leading benefits. Initiatives to bring in the best and brightest engineering talent.

Cons – Low leadership, lack of management willingness to address poor performance, especially at the highest levels. Rather than solving leadership problems, we move them.

Advice to Senior Management – Instead of talking about personal accountability, demonstrate it. As an HR professional, I see that we don't always follow all of the rules that we make others follow, and it is disappointing.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company