Boeing reviews

3.7

71% would recommend to a friend

(18,265 total reviews)
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76% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

Boeing has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 18,265 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Boeing employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Aérospatiale et défense industry (3.6 stars).

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18K reviews
3.0
Aug 28, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Boeing has taken really good care of me since joining out of college over the years, but really needs to step up it's game to remain competitive (in software). Company leadership have become awakened to the powers of agile, user centered design and devops, but the other verticals of the company (facilities, hr) are not prepared or are reluctant to do what they need to retain the top talent. I was taken care of and was kept relatively happy as a software engineer for five years, but after wanting more out of my career pursued a position of high stress, high visibility and potentially high payoff. Only the stress and visibility pieces materialized.

Cons

Corporate bureaucracy runs amok. The majority of employees at Boeing are happy with corporate tranquility and that can be an pain for high performers. Ex Co has a desire to be adaptive and modern but a century of middle management bloat stops that desire from becoming something.

1.0
Aug 20, 2018

Interns

Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits program for interns.

Cons

They allow their managers to lie to their interns. They can tell you that they will let you come back to the company without any complaints. Then they are allowed to change their minds and bring up things that were never addressed to you when asked by HR. The only way you get promoted is if you spend practically your whole life at the company. Company culture is very old and not attractive to younger people. They have managers that don't encourage you to explore other areas of the company and deny you the opportunity when you ask about it. They have poor placement and development programs. They put people in departments that aren't even relevant to their degree of study, and you don't learn anything new. A lot of the people that have stayed in the company longer are complacent and play games on Facebook during work hours. There's a reason why they're called the "Lazy B" in the aerospace industry. They are not considerate to tell people that most interns are located in Everett or Renton. Their end of the summer report out event was not helpful at all. Almost all of the full-time managers and VPs that come don't even seem interested to talk to you. Their interactions aren't genuine.

2.0
Jul 22, 2018

Huge opportunity for those with 10 years or less experience

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Flex time. Free/near free education. Tremendous opportunities for those with 10 years experience or less. Although the healthcare cost has significantly increased over recent years, Boeing still offers average to above average healthcare packages for most. Very generous donations to local charities.

Cons

For those with more than 10 years experience, Boeing is a dead end job, across multiple disciplines, with zero opportunity for personal growth or recognition. Boeing is 100% focused on bringing new hires up the ranks too quickly before they are ready. Those with the most experience are expected to train those that are now above them. Raises for the experienced are below cost of living. The interviewing process is a formality to check a box. Those doing the work do not get the credit.

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