Steady. - Software Engineer II Boeing Employee Review

3.0
Aug 17, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Interesting technology you are developing. There are a lot of fascinating aircraft/spacecraft under development, if you are looking to work on something that is really cool, you can't find a better place.

Cons

Outdated tools to work with. Doesn't keep up with industry standard for software developers. They are not adverse to spending money on tools, it is just that the tools that people are using are so entrenched that they would rather spend thousands of dollars to upgrade to the next version of FORTRAN rather than move to something like C. Also, we have lots of tools that we've developed in house, which aren't as good as things available commercially...guess which ones are better.

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Cons

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Pros

Work-life balance has been great at the Long Beach site. My coworkers are very considerate and supportive. Benefits suck as parental leave and 401k, Roth 401k, and mega backdoor Roth make it so you can really get ahead in terms of retirement building. They are trying to get better in culture and performance rather than some companies that don’t even pretend to care. During the pandemic there was no training. Now there’s some!

Cons

Base pay can be slightly lower than other companies for specific skills. Each site and each organization within each site has its own culture depending on who is the VP/executive team. There are so many executives it’s hard to get things done. Things move very slowly.

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