Going in the wrong direction - Design and Analysis Engineer IV Boeing Employee Review

1.0
18 Sept 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Flexible hours. Cool products and site.

Cons

High stress environment. Management constantly trying to hold unrealistic schedules and willing to work people to the bone to achieve - even though the customer doesn’t really need the product by that arbitrary date. Willing to sacrifice quality to ensure dates and costs are met but unwilling to admit it. Company squeezing profits from employees by giving unsatisfactory raises while doing tens of billions in stock buyback. Benefits were strong but getting eroded every year. Management out of touch with employees’ worth. Believe working for the company is a privilege when other companies have much better work cultures and pay more. Make sure you get top dollar on the way in because no one will fight to get you a raise once you’re in the door.

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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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