UNFINISHED Parts at Everett Receiving Dock - Senior Engineer Boeing Employee Review

3.0
Mar 9, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

This is a larger company and there are many opportunities if you do not like your current position. Note that this usually requires a move to a different location. Great benefits, pay, training opportunites!

Cons

There is a lot of competition to contend with and there are a large number of highly experienced people just about ready to retire, but not quite. Management is made up of a combination of legacy Boeing and legacy McDonald-Douglas. They have chosen a more risky method of putting together the 787 that puts a great deal of control/risk onto parts contractors/vendors. This takes away from their control and puts much of the cost and risk onto the vendor. This is supposed to be good, but seems to have turned out to be not that good as the contractors/vendors have not risen to these challenging levels of performance and are not putting FINISHED parts/assemblies on the delivery dock! This results in rather nasty assembly issues back at the final assembly location and lots of extra costs as Boeing Management sends engineers to the contractor/vendors to FIX the problems.

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5.0
Jun 10, 2026
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Pros

Very engaging, interactive and collaborative with full time team members

Cons

At times I was a bit alone on my task, and had a hard time getting up to speed with the tech stack and technologies

3.0
May 27, 2026
Recommend
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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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