Great company to work for but some sites are underpaid - Senior Propulsion Engineer Boeing Employee Review

4.0
May 16, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits. I've had excellent managers. Flexible work hours. Lots of PTO and paid holidays. Leadership is accommodating of work-life balance as long as you perform. Long list of programs and fields that you can work but the company will prefer to transfer you without a raise/promotion.

Cons

Typical bureaucratic defense contractor mindsets: "customer implied that we need to do this mindless, non-applicable task so by-God we're gonna do it and ask questions later!". Win at all costs to long term reputation and product capabilities. Company does not make great aircraft, they make aircraft that meet the requirements and not a thing more (and those requirements are usually not well thought out). Boeing is transparent enough to publish what they deem you to be worth (market reference). Ridley Park (Philadelphia site) is grossly underpaid as a whole. Have been told by leadership that "no one at this site makes market reference". Consistently called a high performer, hand-selected for multiple high profile programs, yet paid ~80% of market reference because "the job is exciting". Suppose I need to work a more boring position to improve my salary.

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Pros

Great place to work. Overtime. Fast paced engineering.

Cons

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4.0
Jun 28, 2026
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Pros

Work-life balance has been great at the Long Beach site. My coworkers are very considerate and supportive. Benefits suck as parental leave and 401k, Roth 401k, and mega backdoor Roth make it so you can really get ahead in terms of retirement building. They are trying to get better in culture and performance rather than some companies that don’t even pretend to care. During the pandemic there was no training. Now there’s some!

Cons

Base pay can be slightly lower than other companies for specific skills. Each site and each organization within each site has its own culture depending on who is the VP/executive team. There are so many executives it’s hard to get things done. Things move very slowly.

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