Good Benefits... Managers, managers, managers - Software Engineer Boeing Employee Review

3.0
12 Jul 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

401K match, company paid health insurance (now I hear you have a deductible), good work life balance (almost too good), paid overtime

Cons

Most of the projects worked had 1:1 ratio of managers to engineers. It's very top heavy. However, before I left, they started pink slipping all the upper people that weren't adding value to the company. Company specialty is hardware. It does not know how to write "good" software. Most managers will assign whoever they want to "code" regardless of technical background. Budgets come and go. Not a good working environment if you want long term ownership of a project.

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5.0
3 Jul 2026
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CEO approval
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Pros

Good work life balance Good benefits - 401K matching, medical insurance, AVIS car rental

Cons

Pay is not that competitive

3.0
27 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Easy going, nice benefits, free further education (masters/PhD). Great for an engineer starting out who needs to dip their feet in the pool of engineering for a few years and to get a great 401(k) match at the start of your career (compounding growth). Great for late stage career due to the benefits and solid enough pay in a low cost of living area

Cons

pay-scale lagging, no emphasis on learning new things, no punishment for people who are bad at their job. After working for 4 years, I feel like I should have jumped ship after 2. I haven't been given meaningful work that really challenges me in a while. Now I feel pigeonholed into staying because I have enough years of experience that I really should be considered senior, but I haven't been given work that reflects what I senior engineer should be capable of. Now I'm trying to jump ship before it's really too late. If I stay here another 2 years I think I will be genuinely unemployable and will have to stay at this company forever.

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