Boeing

Great Benefits, including generous PTO, holidays, and education reimbursement. Tons of learning opportunities. Multiple paths for advancement. With the right manager, you get to do the work you enjoy. Great work/life balance. As a global company, there are opportunities to work anywhere in the US and around the world.

A manufacturing company, first and IT company second.

Due to the size of the company, there is a ton of bureaucracy that can get in the way of productive work.

Also, due to the size of the company and how old it is, there is a constant conflict between IT personnel who are fine with using older, company-made technologies and time-consuming processes, and IT personnel who want to adopt newer technologies that reduce server overhead and share data easier over APIs.

While benefits are great, overall pay could be better.

The 737 MAX issues have tainted the company's image, and it will take a lot of trust to get it back.

It would do management well to understand that there should be more of a focus on improving integrations between teams instead of going with a tool or process that looks "shiny".

Automation and reduction of manual tasks is a great focus, and the company is doing a good job of bringing that to the forefront, but it doesn't mean much if what is getting automated is either not needed or it's only slightly improving tasks, and the effort could be put to better use elsewhere.

There's a ton of older applications and processes in Boeing, but putting a "shine" on it isn't always the best solution. If they want to truly reduce costs and improve efficiency, there needs to be a real emphasis on evaluating older processes and programs, especially the ones that are hurting modernization and contributing to the glut of bureaucracy.

This can be achieved by listening to the really smart workers that are interacting with these processes every day and know how much it is impacting their overall work.

Once they do that, not only on the IT side but also on the manufacturing side, Boeing will be able to modernize and compete with the best of the best.