Boeing Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Boeing is a good company to do contract work at, and I would work there again."

"Boeing undoubtedly is an excellent company to work for, 5 Star."

"Boeing is a decent company to work for, very good compensation, although the work can be a little numbing. Contract devs are an endangered species there unless you are off shore."

"Boeing is a very good company to work for. I found the management and staff to be competent and fair."

"I've worked for Boeing Commercial Airplanes for 12 years. The company offers great benefits and has challenging work. Employees can grow, though you need to watch out and not be complacent else you will find yourself pigeon holed into a role, which is very easy to do at Boeing. The Company is big though and there are a number of areas you can move to should you look for a change."

"Boeing is a giant company with office in many states. I worked in Long Beach testing avionics software for the C-17 air force cargo plane."

"I worked in the galleys group and loved every minute of it. The people are great and the management was top notch."

"Great!"

What do you like about working at Boeing?

"I was a contractor to Boeing. Loved the independence I was given."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Explain in detail how you can help the business in its relentless drive towards LEAN efficiencies."

What don't you like about working at Boeing?

"Some of the managers do not know the job details of who they are supervising. Also some micro managers."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Hire managers from within the ranks, NOT from colleges, schools with no experience."

What do you like about working at Boeing?

"The team! The ability to assist in troubleshooting problems and coming up with solutions."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"You need to be flexible in all aspects of the job. Things change frequently."

What don't you like about working at Boeing?

"I enjoy working for Boeing. I have recently become a little cautious about supporting government contracts though."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Please try to get us the tools and equipment we need to complete our tasks when we need them."

"Frustrating. Politics over engineering."

What do you like about working at Boeing?

"It gives me a chance to work on air vehicles."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Throw in business things like 'lean 10X', even if you are applying for an engineering spot."

What don't you like about working at Boeing?

"Far more politics than engineering. Too many decisions are dictated from above, rather than asking the engineers to develop good solutions."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Step back, and let your people do their work. Don't rely on work-arounds, give people the time/tools to make proper fixes."

What do you like about working at Boeing?

"I like the culture and also the empowerment and the idea that you can think out of the box."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Knowing your stuff is helpful, confidence and ability to learn."

What don't you like about working at Boeing?

"I can't think of anything that I didn't like at this company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep up the culture of openness and open door policy."

What do you like about working at Boeing?

"Opportunity to be creative and innovative, and to work on a challenging program."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Ability to discover a future talent and invest on that person."

What don't you like about working at Boeing?

"Cannot retain good talent with creative and innovative knowledge."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Work with your employees, brainstorm to tap on their ideas and knowledge."

"I've worked here for almost thirty years, there is no advancement."

What do you like about working at Boeing?

"Reasonably well paid and reasonable vacation time. Facilities kept clean and decent."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Put on an act of how much you believe in education and processes."

What don't you like about working at Boeing?

"Jobs broken down to least common denominator, not opportunity for creativity, culture is dull."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Give people more responsibility and authority. Allow workers the ability to purchase some software for their own training, enlightenment, idea generation and problem solving."

What do you like about working at Boeing?

"Rich investment in new technology, relaxed environment, not a lot of jobs to do."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"This company very unstable in term of jobs availability. People on project sometimes must find a new one or lost his/her job."

What don't you like about working at Boeing?

"Old environment, elevators built in 1960, Office space is noisy."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Remodeling the working boots space, remodeling elevators, more parking for employees."

What do you like about working at Boeing?

"The people I worked with, the instant recognition, awards, and the short commute."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"If you're not going in for a manager position, hope you like going on strike every few years. The people who actually do the work are good, it's just dealing with the ongoing micromanagement that's the buzz kill."

What don't you like about working at Boeing?

"It's being run by micromanaged bean counters who don't have an original idea for day-to-day operations (they keep harping on 5S and Toyota Production System) and continue to insist on a work smarter mentality, while throwing more hurdles in the way of progress. The Chicago Corporates are concerned with only one thing... Share Holder Value - they don't care about any employee relations at all."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Stop following every trend that comes from Toyota, cut costs from the top instead of the bottom, tell Everett upper management to stop acting like they have total control over Renton."