Pros: Salary. Benefits. Great products. I enjoy working for Boeing, and I have been given real opportunities to advance. I've always been well rewarded for my hard work.

Cons: Connecting your job with where leadership says the company is heading is not always evident. Leadership sets direction without equipping people with the tools to make necessary changes.

Pros: The work is very interesting and can be challenging. The real customer is the American soldier, and you can't get much better than that as an inspiration to do a good job on the products. There has been some movement to make life a bit easier (i.e., reduction of no-value-added tasks), but things change very slowly in a company this size.

Cons: There is almost no hope of advancement above grade 4 or first-level management. The average age of employees is the mid-fifties, most of whom have achieved grade 4, 5, or 6 already. It has been announced that, short of a holy dispensation from both the Pope and the Dalai Lama, nobody grade 4 or above gets a promotion. In addition, although growing the business in new areas is the big push right now, there is almost no available cash to invest in anything new.

Pros: Work-life balance, great products.

Cons: Morale is at a low point, but starting to turn with the new CEO.