Boeing Reviews | Glassdoor.co.uk
Boeing Reviews
Companies
  • Jobs
  • Companies
  • Salaries
  • Interviews

    Boeing Reviews

    Updated 18 October 2018
    6,348 reviews

    Filter

    Filter

    Full-timePart-time
    3.5
    StarStarStarStarStar
    Rating TrendsRating Trends
    Recommend to a friend
    Approve of CEO
    Boeing CEO Dennis A. Muilenburg
    Dennis A. Muilenburg
    1,674 Ratings

    6,348 Employee Reviews

    Sort: PopularRatingDate
    Pros
    Cons

    • "Work life balance can be a challenge in some jobs but not all jobs fall into this category" (in 125 reviews)

    • "Sometimes upper management is too involved in daily operation" (in 113 reviews)

    More Pros and Cons

    1. "Very good"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      • Work/Life Balance
      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Boeing full-time

      Pros

      Senior staff treat you well

      Cons

      Long hours that really drag on if you aren't doing anything

    2. "test analyst"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Boeing full-time

      Pros

      good pay, bonus, work life balance

      Cons

      no new technologies, old style of working

      3. Join the Boeing team
      See Our Latest Jobs

    3. Helpful (4)

      "Poor leadership, lack of direction and experience"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      • Work/Life Balance
      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Analyst in Bristol, England
      Current Employee - Analyst in Bristol, England
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Boeing full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Good, friendly people, that’s about it I’m afraid.

      Cons

      Depends on which team you are in and which business unit. The US side of the business is totally different. I have found the culture in the UK to be one of fear of loosing your job, 3 rounds of redundancy in the past 12 months. Lack of direction from the leadership team, who appear in experienced in growing a business and how to prevent further redundancies. Everything is driven by cost and not what is always right for the customers. Constantly feel like you are under the microscope in terms of time keeping and what you are working on, (depends on which team you are in) and not although working from home is possible it’s frowned upon by the old guard. Often giving you mundane tasks to do as they react to request from another manager rather than challenge and understand the value. Don’t often listen to the experience, qualification and knowledge of the work force, they think they have the answers.

      Leadership ask for openness and honesty but if you raise anything you are shot down and they don’t like to hear it.

      Leadership team need to lead by example.

      Advice to Management

      Create a culture of trust and flexibility across all teams. You may need to change more of the leadership team and managers, bring in outside experience.

      Create a culture of stability, we are proud to work for Boeing but want the reassurance you have a clear strategy, business change is key but how you manage it is vital and currently it’s fairly poor, hence a higher churn in staff.

      Invest in technology to support your staff, look at what other successful organisations are doing, Apple, AWS to name a few, and give the teams the tools.

      Lead by example, roll your sleeves up and get stuck in, you need to support your work force instead of demanding more and more without investing.

    4. Helpful (2)

      "Internship"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      • Work/Life Balance
      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Intern in Bristol, England
      Former Employee - Intern in Bristol, England
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      Pros

      Interesting company and industry
      Good pay

      Cons

      Little responsibility/ challenge
      No clear career progression

    5. "Trade Compliance specialist"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      • Work/Life Balance
      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Bristol, England
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Bristol, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook

      I have been working at Boeing full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Great company with excellent benefits. Lots of opportunities t o explore

      Cons

      Bureaucracy can be heavy at times

    6. Helpful (3)

      "Interesting work but with poor, USA-centric leadership"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      • Work/Life Balance
      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Enterprise Services in London, England
      Current Employee - Enterprise Services in London, England
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Boeing full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Basic work engaging, products cool and Europe team decent including regional leadership . Job security as company growing exponentially. That’s all.

      Cons

      USA Execs won’t release control, causes delays and poor decisions. Bureaucracy gone mad. Politics everywhere. Senior Executives are looking after themselves. Company growth internationally with typical USA do before you think mentality.

      Advice to Management

      Regional autonomy is needed. Cut out the extreme politics. Empower people. Streamline confused processes.

    7. Helpful (2)

      "Programmer"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      • Work/Life Balance
      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Programmer Analyst in Bristol, England
      Current Employee - Programmer Analyst in Bristol, England

      I have been working at Boeing full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Good Benefits. Great work life balance

      Cons

      Career progression is limited

    8. "Design Engineer"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      • Work/Life Balance
      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Boeing full-time

      Pros

      Stable statement of work and working hours, supportive team environment, interesting assignments with opportunities to transfer laterally into other groups.

      Cons

      Like many large companies, it can be slow to implement changes or push innovative ideas.

    9. Helpful (1)

      "Boeing"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      • Work/Life Balance
      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Senior Service Desk Analyst in Bristol, England
      Current Employee - Senior Service Desk Analyst in Bristol, England
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Boeing full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Good Benefits / working environment

      Cons

      Currently not a lot of room for progression

      Advice to Management

      Look what’s actually happening on the ground

    10. Helpful (3)

      "Boeing Information Services, to be avoided like the plague."

      StarStarStarStarStar
      • Work/Life Balance
      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Milton Keynes, England
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Milton Keynes, England
      Recommends
      Negative Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Boeing full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      The Boeing Company is awesome, great ethics, great culture, bad choices in managers for programmes though. BIS is staffed by a great team of dedicated professionals led by rank amateurs that I wouldn’t put in charge of a MacDonald’s restaurant.

      Cons

      BIS is very badly managed and should be avoided. The senior team is a bunch of sycophants that have been promoted well beyond their worth, the senior manager is nowhere to be seen. Bad decision after bad decision, with absolutely no plan or forethought. Zero strategy, zero ability to generate new work and zero ability to manage what they have. I won’t be here long.

      Advice to Management

      You have a very competent team of people who deserved better than you. Do them and your customers a favour and move on.

    Showing 6,348 of 6,985 reviews
    Reset Filters