Boeing

Excellent work-life balance; rarely have I pulled more than 40 hours per week.

Good culture below the management level.

You can apply for the job you want within the company if you are bored of your current position.

Great health plans and 401k benefits.

I had to request a promotion for 3 years straight before I was granted an upgrade, despite several years of working above my pay grade and getting well-above-average management reviews. They basically admit that in order to advance your career path, you either need to switch jobs within the company or leave the company and come back. More often than not, upgraded positions are filled by external hires rather than promoting the people already in place.

Lower management is fine, but upper management seems to have trouble relating to employees on the ground.

Almost all of their communications to us are riddled with MBA lingo that rarely has any concrete meaning, leaving us with the task of trying to interpret what they are saying and translate it to real-world changes that they are planning on making.

My advice is to just declare changes concretely. If we're going through layoffs, say that. If we're relocating the work, don't call it geographical diversity. Just speak normally.