Boeing's sad decline - Systems Engineer Boeing Employee Review

5.0
31 Jan 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Benefits good (but used to be unbelievable: Free 100% PPO, Free MS and BS degrees + 100 shares of Boeing stock when you graduate as a reward.

Cons

Back in the early 2000s, Huntington Beach was so crowded you couldn't find a parking space. Now, even with the absorption of the closed Anaheim facility, there are weeds growing in the parking lot. Guys with 30 years at P5 are forced to take 10% pay cuts and demotions to P3 or P4 - if they're luck to keep their jobs. A lot of work is moving to Huntsville, AL.No more Boeing Canoga Park, Irvine, or Anaheim. Seal Beach and Long Beach are on life support.Otherwise, Boeing is similar to any other huge company with its culture, processes, lack of harmony between different internal organizations, Boeing in SoCal is sinking like a Lead Zeppelin.

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5.0
16 Jun 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Fantastic benefits and work-life balance. 401k match is unmatched!

Cons

Easy to get pigeon-holed into a role. Try exploring ways to stay pro-active and do different things

3.0
27 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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