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Passionate Engineer, Losing Knowledge

Project Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Boeing for 20 years
July 1, 2017
Everett, Washington
3.0
RecommendsNegative OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Passion for the products. Convenience to home (major manufacturing sites are at the north and south ends of Puget Sound, plus many offices in Seattle and the surrounding area).

Cons

Outsourcing, hollowing out of the middle of the workforce, and loss of tribal knowledge from senior departees.

Advice to Management

Find a way to keep and develop your talent, even if the stock price goes down. When the 777X starts production and the next new airplane is launched, you're going to be scrambling to find the people to make it happen. This is because you laid them all off 18-24 months prior.

Would it be worse to keep them on the payroll, or to have to double or triple their salaries to get back on schedule and suffer the hit to the brand image?

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