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good, stable job - little chance of career development

Database Administrator
Current Employee
Has worked at Boeing for less than 1 year
May 6, 2012
Bellevue, Washington
3.0
No CEO Opinion
Pros
  • Allows and supports virtual office work.
  • Pays for colleague education classes taken after hours (no personal experience).
  • 12 sick days a year, plus 2 weeks of vacation (which will increase over time), plus 1 week of company closure during Christmas (if you are IT, you may have to work to support system changes/upgrades).
  • Pays overtime (salary +$7.50).
  • Fairly easy to move from job to job within the company.
Cons
  • Small raises (2.5%-3.5%)
  • Very difficult to get promoted
  • Pressure on costs leads to difficulty attending conferences
  • No longer offers traditional pension plan
Advice to Management

Cost cutting in IT has gone too far. It may not affect the quality of the service IT delivers today, but it will some day.

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