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Hi! Anyone know what this hook is in red circle?

Anyone have insight if this YouTube block on work computers is permanent or if it a temporary thing? 

L3 offer at 1.02/$112k

I have 5 years of experience. Thoughts on countering at a 1.10 ratio of salary range and $10k sign-on bonus?

I am currently employed at comp slightly below of current offer.

Do I need manager approval to leave?

Applied for an IPT role and have a second round interview around the corner. Curious if there's anything I should do differently this time around or if I should prepare the same way I did for the first round? This is pretty much new territory to me since my current job it was pretty much one interview then offer. Also how the timeline looks like of hearing back after this second round so I know what to expect. Anything would be helpful:)

So on the 26th of March it was stated that TIP was 6.47% for Q1 but somehow now it's 4%?

Sure it's free money and "I should be grateful" but are we not going to address how it dropped to 4% in 6 days and nobody said anything to us until basically a month later?

Q1 ends April 1st right?

Around last year I saw someone post their experience. Figured I’d give my thoughts as someone who worked at Boeing and has since moved on. I've also learned so much from this community during my time at Boeing and want to give back. TLDR at the bottom

General Info:

Worked 2 years at Boeing in STL, MO as an Electrical Design & Analysis engineer. Boeing was my first engineering job out of college. Computer Engineer undergrad.

Salary: 

L1, 0 YoE: 1.1 comp ratio -> L1, 1 YoE: 1.1 comp ratio -> L1, 2 YoE: .98 comp ratio

I was initially offered a 1.0 comp ratio but after some negotiation and research on my end, I was able to start at a 1.1 comp ratio. That might’ve been the primary reason I didn’t get a raise after my 1^(st) year. For year 2, I left for a new opportunity before ACR came around so Idk what my new salary would’ve been and if I’d even be promoted. The change in comp ratio correspond to the updated salary changes to the SJCs.

Promotion / Levels:

From my own personal experience, I was getting the general vibe that a promotion from L1->L2 was a fixed two year timeline. However, I’ve also known others who started around the same time as me who got promoted in a 1 year timeline. If I wanted to speedrun promotion, I would schedule 1:1 meetings with my manager to discuss growth opportunities and what I could do right now to get me to the next levels. This would give me opportunities to take on workload above my paygrade, so that my manager can have something to show for why I deserve to get promoted around ACR timelines.

Management:

I had a very positive experience with management. I had great support during discussion about my career interests and needs working for my team.

The People:

From my experience I’ve worked with a mixed of people who were at different stages of their career. I haven’t had a bad experience working with others and everyone was collaborative. I’ve noticed that many of the mid to late career engineers I’ve interacted with have been with the company for 10+ years. I’ve also encountered many  early career engineer folks who I felt were better off working at a more faster-pace company.

From an office culture perspective, I did feel like an outlier mainly because the topic of buying a house or doing house related maintenance dominated watercooler talk. I don’t own a house and also had no interest in settling down in the area so I never related to the talks. My floor had a culture of bringing donuts whenever a significant accomplishment happened during our life as a way to celebrate with the team.

Aside from that, I did feel that there are opportunities within the company to find what you’re looking for if you make effort in reaching out to others. From my personal experience, I’ve contacted people who were apart of the ECFP program when I was trying to learn more about it, a tech fellow mentor who gave my advice on how to move forward towards my career goals, a Boeing Resource Group(BRG) where I met other people who were also new hires, managers that manages engineers for the roles I wanted to pivot towards, managers from different Boeing sites that I had genuine interest in moving to, managers for remote teams that hired for my skillsets and lastly, other Boeing employees who also wanted to leave and whom I could do mock interviews with. Heck, I met someone while I was at Boeing who now works at the same company as me. I also met someone at my orientation group who was in the same BRG as me that I had a hard crush on but never confessed because I put my career goals first over a potential relationship. On my last day of work which coincided with the BRG meeting, I went with the intention of asking her out(I got scared and now live forever with a what-if).

The Work:

In regards to my role I found the work I was doing technically underwhelming. This was also apparent when I was waiting around for my clearance to get through when my team literally didn’t give me any work for 11 months. It reached a point that I felt my team giving me work for the sake of giving me work which lead to me stretching out my assignments. After everything went through, I was hoping it’d be different but it was the same deal from what I experienced from before. When I asked about a timeline for completing my work, many of them had month long deadlines. I’d say the majority of my task was grunt work or long hanging fruits, which I guess is expected for entry-lvl employees.

Due to the factors above, I felt that it was very easy for me to become “invisible” at my job. But rather than coast I decided to put that effort into improving my interview skills for new opportunities.

In terms of WLB my team had great work flexibility. I only had to clock in 8 hours a day and could flex the time or WFH when necessary. I also had the opportunity to work OT.

 Why I left:

After some networking and putting application out there, I was able to get an opportunity at Boeing STL to pivot towards my preferred career field(EE -> SWE) but it came with no pay bump and it used a programming language(Ada) I was worried would limit my future job opportunities.

I ended up leaving because I was able to get a C/C++ SWE role at a different competitor who offered me a 28% pay bump and better WLB(5 days in office at Boeing vs 4x10 hybrid at new company).

I really liked the opportunities available at the Boeing STL sites and despite not liking the STL area itself, I probably would’ve not have minded no pay bump if I got a C/C++ SWE role.

TLDR:

Overall Boeing was a great stepping stone for my career and I don’t regret my time spent working there. I genuinely felt that I had plentiful opportunities at the STL sites to progress further in both my career and personal interests. I actually did get an opportunity to pivot towards my preferred field at Boeing but I ultimately ended up leaving to a different company for a similar career pivot that offered me a pay bump and better WLB. I only see myself coming back to Boeing for a remote/hybrid role with a similar pay bump.

Hello everyone! I started with Boeing 6 months ago. I currently sit at an 0.83 comp ratio for my level. I know I have been in this position for a short time, but my lead and manager have both told me they are impressed with my performance and ability to learn so quickly. I am already having people (of higher levels) shadow me as a part of their onboarding. For those who have been in management, or have been with Boeing a while, should I ask my manager about an out of cycle pay increase?

I am applying for jobs, and they are scarce in my field (QMS / Audit / Huntsville). I have a bachelor’s, 7 years of direct experience (Northrop), and 6 years of indirect experience(apparel manufacturing). I think I am a solid level 3.

My questions are:

1. Will they offer me an L2 role if I am overqualified?

2. How difficult is it to move up from L2 to L3 after hire? Is it easily done during annual reviews if the criteria are met? Do I have to wait for an L3 role to be posted and apply for it?

This is a fantastic sub and I look forward to reading your comments!

What plans has the company mentioned for observing its 110th anniversary? They had quite the event in Puget Sound and other locations 10 years ago.

If you are being interviewed for a job at Boeing, does it halt or prevent other teams from interviewing you at Boeing for other job requisition IDs that you have also applied to until you are either given an offer or rejected by the first manager?

I applied for a job that closed April 7. I can see the Title and that I am Under Consideration in WorkDay, but I cannot see the Job Id / Req Number. I copied the full description, but not the very top that included the JR2026####. Is there somewhere else I can look?

I tried to negotiate my salary and they said no to every request. Level change, salary, I was wondering if anyone had had a similar experience. I even asked for bonus to help pay my tuition reimbursement and they said no. Will they take away the offer and does the 2 business day rule apply still?

Exclusive: Boeing hiring more than 100 factory workers a week to boost output, replace retirees.

My colleague Allison Lampert and I broke this story this morning.

If you have tips, DM me or email me at dan.catchpole@thomsonreuters.com.