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Slow Promotions, Good Benefits

Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Boeing for 20 years
October 18, 2017
Everett, Washington
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

The company is large and there are many places to try.

There is a solid benefits package for your family.

There is decent health insurance. It was phenomenal, but in 2018 it will only be mediocre.

There are many, many documents and procedures to follow, which gives you a good basis to start from.

Being a large company gives an employee access to more mentors and established training programs.

Within some teams, there is a very detailed training plan.

There are consistent pay raises within engineering because in WA, the engineers have a union that protects those benefits.

Cons

Even though there are a lot of different places to go within the company, they are not very good at helping people move to those positions that interest them.

There is no paid family leave and no paid parental leave.

If you aren't the number one performer, then you typically aren't appreciated and won't excel. It is very challenging to move up in your career, even if you are awesome. The promotion process is slow and agonizing.

Advice to Management

This is a terrible place to become a manager right now, until the culture changes and managers' opinions become welcomed again. Currently, the company only wants "yes" men who take marching orders without question.

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