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      Boeing System Engineer reviews

      3.6

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (486 total reviews)
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      Kelly Ortberg

      83% approve of CEO

      60% positive business outlook

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      Systems Engineer employees have rated Boeing with 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 486 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Systems Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Boeing is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Systems Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Luft- & Raumfahrt, Verteidigung industry (3.6 stars).

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      486 reviews
      3.0
      Jun 12, 2008

      Competent Management Lacking

      Systems engineer
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      Pros

      There are many exciting aerospace programs and many locations around the world to work. Good benefits including full tuition cost for continued education. The Technical Fellowship program recognizes experts in their field. Boeing Leadership Center. Most locations have a gym.

      Cons

      Management capabilities leave a lot to be desired. Electronic 'chains' (laptops, cell phones, blackberry's) play havoc with work-life balance. Unless one has a 'sponsor', advancement is limited. The majority of time, promotions are not based on capability, but based on who you know. Having to work with people who don't pull their weight, who have been shuffled from one program to another because management won't expend the effort required to document the issues and get rid of them. Lot's of 'deadwood'.

      4.0
      Jun 12, 2008

      Boeing is a great place to work!

      Systems engineer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Boeing is a huge engineering firm. There are so many different avenues to travel in Boeing so you never feel like you are limited to only one type of job. Boeing is also very flexible in letting you leave your current job to go pursue other systems and other areas. The company also will pay for any degree you want to get and you don't have to pay a single dime. Also, we have a super strong union (SPEEA) that protects your job more than any other union I have heard about in the world.

      Cons

      Work at Boeing can be very demanding at times and for people who have kids and a family this can be very stressful. The company also really needs engineers who are flexible so if you are an engineer who only limit themselves to one field then you may not be happy here.

      3.0
      Jun 11, 2008

      Boeing - Pick Your Poison

      Systems engineer
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      Pros

      The best reasons to work for Boeing involve the nuumber of programs available to the engineering staff. Boeing is so large that an engineer can move to multiple programs at a site, can move to different sites locally, or move across the country and never leave the company. This is good for professional growth and experience. Because Boeing does so many different things (aircraft production, advanced avionics, large scale system integration, advanced weapon systems, satellites, UAVs, etc.) it's easy to get a broad range of experience just by moving around the company. Boeing is also very good about work life balance. In most instances, the 40 hour week is the norm and OT is on a voluntary basis. Also, at Boeing, you get paid for every hour you work. Even though exempt employees are on salery, all overtime is paid at your normal rate +$6.50/hour. Not a great overtime premium to be sure, but there is no working 50 hours a week and only getting paid for 40.

      Cons

      Boeing is a VERY big company. As such, all the problems that come with a big company infect Boeing. Boeing is VERY bureaucratic. Everything is ruled by "processes" and there are legions of deadwood employees who do nothing but sit around making up new ones. Then the company runs "audits" to make sure everyone is following the "process". Obviously no one does, but everyone lies to the auditors so that the reports come out right. This is typical at big companies, but it is systemic at Boeing, infecting every level. There is little chance of Boeing ever changing as they have started "training" every manager at what they call "The Leadership Center" but the managers call it "The Plush Prison". It was described to me by a manager as a very slick version of a communist reeducation camp. From sunup to sundown for a week managers are subjected to intense "training". It is intended to make better "leaders" but the net effect is to ensure that every manager is a carbon copy. Individual thought and unique approaches are actively discouraged. Sometimes this can make it a very challenging place to work.

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