Steady. - Software Engineer II Boeing Employee Review

3.0
17 Aug 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Interesting technology you are developing. There are a lot of fascinating aircraft/spacecraft under development, if you are looking to work on something that is really cool, you can't find a better place.

Cons

Outdated tools to work with. Doesn't keep up with industry standard for software developers. They are not adverse to spending money on tools, it is just that the tools that people are using are so entrenched that they would rather spend thousands of dollars to upgrade to the next version of FORTRAN rather than move to something like C. Also, we have lots of tools that we've developed in house, which aren't as good as things available commercially...guess which ones are better.

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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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