Working at Boeing Commercial Airplanes in Everett, WA: 36 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Everett, WA Area

"Historically Boeing was a great place to work, particularly for those who were interested in the aerospace industry but also for those in other administrative and leadership functions where there was a substantial opportunity to have different experiences within the company. Unfortunately, current circumstances have suppressed much of that as the company is in survival mode for the foreseeable future."

"It is a good company, with good compensation, but difficult to move up. You definitely feel like a # as opposed to a person, quite often."

"I have worked for Boeing the last 8 years. I have had many opportunities to be involved with other groups as well as projects to improve my skill and make workplace a better place. Boeing pays well. They also provide good work life balance in my opinion. However, in order to exceed expectation you would provide more than 100% of your dedication, which I think this is very typical to most companies. I worked with many good people but also a few that will need improvement."

"• Lead Engineer for program and enterprise initiatives in Airplane Development Engineering. Worked across programs, organizations, and levels of management to implement part consolidations, part reuse, part commonality, and modular components in support of released engineering definitions for current and future airplane programs • Trained, developed and mentored, and evaluated less experienced employees in a variety of projects • Led the development, implementation, and deployment of an enterprise-level part cataloging, part design, and cost visibility tool, which saved roughly $3 million dollars on the 777X program, and allowed design engineers to view cost, contracting, and design parameters associated with standard and non-standard engineering designs and parts. • Technical advisor for Boeing Supplier Management and Teardown labs in support of supplier negotiations and contracting efforts • Compiled, verified, and characterized part specifications in support of future programs • Technical expert and project lead for contract (finance), schedule, and scope (statement of work) negotiations for contractor labor in support of various Airplane Development Engineering projects. Developed the required statement of work for contractors, negotiated and communicated key milestones, validated quality and functionality of work performed, and tracked execution and performance to plan. Communicated project status to multiple levels of leadership • Implemented Cameo / MBSE on current and future Airplane Programs"

"Very low marks in all aspects of upper level management. Creating roadblocks on production then requiring tremendous overtime hours to overcome their obstacles. Moving employees to unfamiliar parts of the plane and replacing that person unfamiliar as well. Moving people to other locations in Puget Sound because they can. It all seems to be an attempt to cause people to quit so they don't have to lay off. Extremely low morale."

"This is my third time working as a contract Engineer at Boeing, and I have worked on their 737, 757, 777, and now their 787 Dreamliner programs.The work environment is good and my co-workers are good people as well."

"The workload was heavy, and each analyst was required to learn the Boeing software with minimal training. The structural analysis position required 10 to 20 hours per week overtime, as the workload was heavy. There were many opportunities to learn and expand your knowledge base. For structural analysis, Nastran was used primarily, with either Patran or Hypermesh."

"Boeing has great potential."

What do you like about working at Boeing Commercial Airplanes?

"The product (airplanes) are very interesting; learning about all the different systems."

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

"Great place for young people to start, then go get a real job. Great place for old people to retire without needing to use any technical skills."

What don't you like about working at Boeing Commercial Airplanes?

"The elderly management style; the inability to work virtual, the lack of technical skills."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Avoid PowerPoint; use CATIAv5 to monitor activity; forget the MBA and get CATIA training instead."

What do you like about working at Boeing Commercial Airplanes?

"Slowly progressing towards a more progressive corporate culture. Exciting products."

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

"If you love airplanes the is no better place to work. Boeing has so much potential. We need hard workers who want to return the company to the top ranks of all engineers and technology companies."

What don't you like about working at Boeing Commercial Airplanes?

"Engineers and the company have a strained relationship due to a union. Union forces company to keep dead weight. The company doesn't really offer compensation that I would consider market leading. Just enough to keep engineers from leaving."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Return the company focus to engineering excellence. Change the perception that engineers are a just another resource to manage."

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

"Do your best work and show a professional profile, be on time and save them money."

What don't you like about working at Boeing Commercial Airplanes?

"The commute was too far and grueling traffic time was more than 2 hours one way."

"Avionic Industry is cyclic. They hire you for good pay until the aircraft is designed and well into test flight. Then they lay off 5,000 to 10,000. Also, when you work there it is easy to feel like you are lost among the masses."

What do you like about working at Boeing Commercial Airplanes?

"The benefits. Also, they pay for continued education."

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

"Know all there is to about RTCA-DO-178B guidelines for writing avionic Software."

What don't you like about working at Boeing Commercial Airplanes?

"There is little new innovation. All work is done by simple formula."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"1) Advertise the job for what it is, 2) Don't hire SW engineers, then assign them everything other than software."

What do you like about working at Boeing Commercial Airplanes?

"Interesting and challenging projects."

What don't you like about working at Boeing Commercial Airplanes?

"Unprofessionalism of some that I worked with."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Needed better understanding of project management."