Great start but get out fast! - Anonymous employee Boeing Employee Review

3.0
15 Sept 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great people, great work to do, flexible working hours if you need it.

Cons

The politics, bureaucracy and protection of jobs for selected people while good people are forced to walk is atrocious. Limited opportunities for promotion, no recognition for the work you do, and management constantly turns a blind eye to bad behavior in favor of the person or the schedule. Schedule is god here - who cares about the people, or their development for that matter?

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5.0
16 June 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Fantastic benefits and work-life balance. 401k match is unmatched!

Cons

Easy to get pigeon-holed into a role. Try exploring ways to stay pro-active and do different things

3.0
27 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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