Commercial Flight Test Software - Software Developer Boeing Employee Review

3.0
May 12, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You get to work on, around, and with planes and their subsystems, and that is really cool. Being able to see how everything comes together, and all the work that goes in to certifying a plane is awesome.

Cons

Boeing is very slow to change. Then union attitude allows people to fight change tooth and nail, and do as little work as possible without giving a reason for them to be written up. Expect to use technology 10-30 years old at all times (in Flight Test Software). There was no time allocated to any project that was not precisely what my manager wanted done. Management seemed to want a scape goat more than anything else.

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Cons

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3.0
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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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