Boeing

BCAG has the most cosmopolitan workforce of any aerospace company in the US; the world is well represented by the workforce.

It also has a very high concentration of very bright people.

The Seattle area has to be the most beautiful of any major city in the country.

It is a well-organized operation with a strong emphasis on process.

The commercial airplanes division has one of the nastiest corporate cultures in the industry and within Boeing. There is no real sense of teamwork, competition is cut-throat, and work hours are long. The long hours and demands on employees to be available to respond outside of work do not make for much of a life outside the workplace. There is also a very strong bias toward young employees and a high degree of social stratification among the engineers.

The worst part of BCAG is its elitist management, which is generally condescending and arrogant toward the employees. There is very poor interaction between the employees and management, except for the intense competition among employees for recognition, which is how management stays in control. It is only their power to reward that engenders loyalty. Boeing is generally good for corporate governance, but it has no teeth in Everett. Also, the company has installed an RFID system to track employee movements with their badges. This is a management that regards its employees with contempt.

Because the management doesn't like to submit to any restraints on its conduct, I can see this division of this company getting into trouble down the road.

Your management at the commercial airplanes part of Boeing are, simply put, a bunch of arrogant, narcissistic thoroughbreds who care naught about what the employee thinks.

While much of your workforce is reminiscent of the high-tech industry, your management is more reminiscent of the 1920s. It needs a more open, accessible, professional management that genuinely cares about all employees, without prejudice.

If Robert Noyce of Intel could work out of a cube like his other engineers, why do the BCAG managers have to be so elitist? Where's the profitability in that?