Good Benefits, Stuck in the same job - Systems Engineer Boeing Employee Review

2.0
Aug 17, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Good Benefits - tuition reimbursement (Boeing fronts the money not you, C or better, $150 for books and software which you front the money and submit your course outline then you can submit for reimbursement), 401k provided/managed by ING now(Boeing matches up to 7%), EIP - employee incentive plan (if Boeing makes EOY goals, employees receive a bonus of # of paid days (can run from 1 day to 24 days; last year received 10 days paid).

Cons

Advancement - tend to get stuck in the same job over and over again. Poor communication - most of the management does not flow things down to the "grunt level"; I usually have to go to other areas within my program to find information concerning me. No engineering rotation program - nothing for the college entry level to try different areas within engineering function so to get an idea what might best suit that person (Boeing is trying an attempt at this, but still failing....engineering function should work with the business functional area which has a wonderful rotation program).

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Cons

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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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