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Not what they used to be

Design and Analysis Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Boeing for 6 years
June 1, 2014
Seattle, Washington
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

If having a stable job is the most important thing, Boeing is the place for you, especially if you are a part of SPEEA or IAM.

Typical weeks are only 40 hours, and you get paid for O/T (as long as you are not a manager or executive).

Stellar healthcare benefits (for now) in terms of out-of-pocket costs.

Cons

Working at Boeing is not what it used to be. Even within the last few years, things have continued to change. The culture has changed and is definitely focused on "shareholder value." Moving around the company is probably more a matter of luck than anything. The union is very entrenched, sometimes detrimentally.

Many groups are still heavily weighted toward the older generation, so being a young engineer can often feel

Advice to Management

Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.

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