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Great Benefits, Difficult Environment

Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Boeing for 4 years
August 25, 2023
Dallas, Texas
3.0
RecommendsPositive OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Great Benefits - 10% 401K match, affordable health insurance, lots of additional perks and benefits.

The whole company shuts down from Christmas to New Year's, so you get 5 extra paid days off during holidays.

Salaried employees are paid extra for working overtime.

Cons

Very bureaucratic. Software has three vertical lines of management (Software Managers, Chief Engineers, and Project Management), which each has 4-5 levels. This means there are 12-15 different all-hands meetings every quarter, where different and sometimes conflicting information is presented. Lots of red tape to get anything done.

There are so many sources of information in various locations on shared drives and intranets. Much of it is outdated, but some of it is kept up to date. There's no real way to distinguish what the current policies or best practices are, as even management doesn't know where the latest information is coming from.

Very little opportunity for growth and development. Positions end up being very specialized due to the size of the organization. You can easily wind up doing the same exact job for a decade.

Advice to Management

Clean out all the old information, and choose one current medium to store the latest and greatest policies and procedures. Also, decrease the number of manager all-hands meetings. There are too many managers at too many levels for everyone to have their own separate meeting.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
5.0
Culture and Values
3.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
5.0
Career Opportunities
1.0
Compensation and Benefits
5.0
Senior Management
3.0

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