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Crazy Place to Work

Engineering
Former Employee
Worked at Boeing for 20 years
December 8, 2017
North Charleston, South Carolina
1.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

In Charleston, there are none. In the northwest, many reasons. People are treated better than fair. In Charleston, not even close. In the northwest, great benefits. In Charleston, barely above average. Both in the northwest and in the Charleston site, there are a ton of good people with great attitudes and ideas, but only in the northwest does management listen. Even there, it can take time.

Cons

In the northwest, layoffs are the only con I can think of. In Charleston, the list could go on forever.

In Charleston, there's only been one layoff to date, but less than two months after the layoff, they are hiring contract labor and not recalling laid-off employees.

If only all the anti-union employees could get laid off, maybe they wouldn't be so anti-union.

Management and organization are nonexistent. Anyone in management who knows what they are doing doesn't stay in Charleston long.

I have never worked anywhere where "yes" is the only word they want to hear.

It's not "Is it working?" or "Can we do it better?" It's just "Do it and don't ask questions or rock the boat."

North Charleston is by far the worst Boeing site on the planet and has to rank pretty high with any aerospace company as the worst place to work.

Advice to Management

If you're good, leave. If you're not, stay. Nothing less than a complete overhaul can remotely help this place, and I do not see that ever happening.

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