r/boeing • u/Necessary_Sink3873 • 10d ago

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I’ve always been curious about something about Boeing from both an engineering and operations perspective.

People often discuss Boeing in terms of aircraft design, company decisions, manufacturing, certification, safety culture, airline pressure, etc. But I rarely see discussion on what Boeing still does exceptionally well compared to competitors.

For those who follow Boeing closely (engineers, aviation enthusiasts, pilots, maintenance crews, employees, passengers):

What do you think Boeing’s strongest area is today, and what do you think needs the biggest improvement?

Interested in hearing technical and non-technical perspectives.

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u/tee2green 10d ago

From a competitive standpoint, Boeing does not do anything remarkably well other than having size and scale. The vast majority of people do the bare minimum, and I don’t see why we would pat ourselves on the back for doing the bare minimum.

Even sadder, I truly believe the higher up you go in the company, the more you see that the leaders are despicable people. Completely self-interested and treating senior position as an opportunity to rob the Boeing piggy bank. Which then of course sets an example and encourages a culture of self-interest being ok amongst everyone.

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u/InsideTheBoeingStore 10d ago

the higher up you go in the company, the more you see that the leaders are despicable people.

not org specific though it’s probably true for all orgs but i’ve seen it get really bad at director level. all hands call and the directors underlings had to interject before they kept rambling off on a fine line to HR

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u/Crash_Pandacoot 10d ago

So interesting. My first director you could tell didnt really care about our work and we were just stepping stone to him, i think he just didn't understand it and he didn't try to understand it lol. My second director since being at the company is way better and more involved

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u/InsideTheBoeingStore 10d ago

it’s a lottery in the corporate world. we were at a plant at another company if you left it alone it would print money forever. 

they had a new director come that wanted to try all these new changes that would shut the plant down.

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u/Meatinmymouth69 9d ago

In some organizations the ego now starts at the M level, so the problem is getting worse.