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by _DeadFred_ 18 days ago
When I worked in aerospace one of the surprising things to learn was we had an unwritten 'max allowed' percentage of people hired from Boeing overall and applied to each team because we did not want to incorporate Boeing's culture. If I was still in management at a software company I'd probably apply that as a consideration with regards to FAANG. Even for those hired ex-Boeing had a much stricter vetting not on skills but personality/approach/vibe(?).
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What is the Boeing culuture like?
I don't know exactly I never worked there and I was IT not design/qa/factory floor. My understanding was slow, non innovative, not efficient, and prone to complain. The ex-Boeing people we had were great though. I think it's probably just normal 150k employee companies end up toxic stuff. Just know we had a quota.