Boeing

Good work/life balance, stable employment for years at a time, and excellent benefits.

Technology lags behind the times, and it is hard to bring new methods into the company. Lots of cuts and tight budgets mean your team may be just you. It can be hard to find the right resources for more complicated tasks because of the maze of red tape and overlapping requirements.

If you work here longer than five years, you risk being channeled into aerospace as your only job option. That is fine if you are an aerospace engineer, but it can be problematic if you're not.

Stop union busting. Apply Lean+ to your own processes instead of imposing meaningless requirements on the people who are building your products. Stop trying to build planes by outsourcing -- you have valuable expertise in the company. Put it in one place and use it.