Boeing

Benefits are really good, minus the salary, but they more than make up for it in benefits.

They pay for schooling, which is honestly the best in the industry.

Very little performance is required. There are large swaths of the company where zero work is required, and managers are not capable of letting go of people. If you are even half talented, you are going to rise above the rest of the company.

I would still recommend working there, just educate yourself so they don't teach you how to do things incorrectly. That way, you will still be marketable.

The people in charge have very little understanding of software. They see software tools as a cost rather than something needed to do your job more efficiently.

They don't really have a concept of efficiency as a metric. First-time quality is lacking. The tools are at least 10 years behind throughout the company.

Simple source control principles are not known by the majority of contributors. The facilities are in disrepair. The restrooms are unclean and unmaintained to the point where I was embarrassed to bring in customers because it was unprofessional.

They are basically taking any money to spend on folks and giving it to the management, who are generally failing. They rotate them through after they lose programs instead of marching people out the door for failure. This is demotivating for those who work hard and want to excel.

There is a lot of fat to trim off.

In terms of software, there is a lot to learn.

There is a VP that actually knows what they are doing and has some pedigree outside of the Boeing failure model.

I honestly wish them the best.

There isn't much value to first-line managers. Flatten out the structure; there are many people hiding that are doing literally nothing.

Learn from failure! It is not a bad thing.

Don't cover it up or pretend that it's okay. It is natural and a time to reflect so you can be better the next time. Denying it has created a toxic atmosphere.