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Too much focus on cutting costs

Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Boeing for 4 years
February 17, 2014
Springfield, Virginia
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

The benefits are really great, but they have continued to make the employee pay for more of them each year.

Cons

Terrible management (too many chiefs, not enough Indians). They have definitely made it known that they want to cut costs by any means necessary, including laying off older workers just because they are Level 4 or 5. They continue to amaze me that they even function at all. My main job is to write software, and yet, I have to fight to use tools and best practices. Boeing also refuses to pay for quality software developers or hire new engineers when they desperately need them.

Advice to Management

If you want to do software, do what the best software companies do: hire every engineer you can, invest in your engineers, and use the best tools and practices that have proven to increase quality and reduce cost.

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