Avoid, unless you have high tolerance for bureaucracy and corporate BS - Production Engineer Boeing Employee Review

1.0
4 Oct 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Fair compensation; nice 401(k) match; good opportunities for training; education reimbursement; there are *some* interesting jobs, but good luck getting one.

Cons

The company has a very low bar for its workforce: you'll work with some good folks, but also a lot of rocks. With very few exceptions, engineering positions DO NOT involve creative engineering work and are primarily focused on navigating the internal bureaucracy. If you're an engineer who likes being on the phone, going to meetings, and managing foreign offices and suppliers doing the creative work, then you may like it here. Management turnover is atrocious. Managers are constantly moving between different work groups, which causes enormous disruption. Engineering excellence takes a back seat to cost (it didn't used to be that way).

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5.0
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Pros

Incredible mission, interesting work, culture is positively changing

Cons

I am “on” for work all the time

4.0
28 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Work-life balance has been great at the Long Beach site. My coworkers are very considerate and supportive. Benefits suck as parental leave and 401k, Roth 401k, and mega backdoor Roth make it so you can really get ahead in terms of retirement building. They are trying to get better in culture and performance rather than some companies that don’t even pretend to care. During the pandemic there was no training. Now there’s some!

Cons

Base pay can be slightly lower than other companies for specific skills. Each site and each organization within each site has its own culture depending on who is the VP/executive team. There are so many executives it’s hard to get things done. Things move very slowly.

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