I looked at the locations Boeing has plants or offices in and don't want to live in any of those cities. I would only consider a remote job, so I don't have to move.
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Working for Boeing should only be one's last resort until you can find better way to make a living. Boeing is a frustrating dead end company unless you have relatives in high places. No inspiring engineering work anymore. Leadership is both incompetent and corrupt. You will be forced out when you reach your 50s. So best to remain as far away from Boeing as possible.
Boeing has been very duplicitous about remote work, saying/promising one thing and then doing the exact opposite. They promised many teams they could continue to work remote after the pandemic, citing increased levels of productivity and engagement not seen before. They even hired many hundreds of people across the country on fully remote job requisitions. Not to mention, the CEO and top leadership are all continuing to work remotely from their homes, lake cabins, and even private offices set up just for them in their neighborhoods - you can do a Google search for Boeing CEO Remote Work and find numerous articles on it.
Then as predicted, all the old school managers who couldn't convert a Word document into a PDF without first calling the IT help desk wanted to see "butts back in seats" and blamed remote work for the company's languishing bottom line as if it wasn't decades of prioritizing short term profits, losses on every single government program, cancellation of the NMA, and the 737 Max debacle that landed Boeing in its current state.
With remote work becoming the new scapegoat, each layer of yes men in every organization began pulling back remote work agreements they made with their loyal employees and new hires, some who lived nowhere near a Boeing facility. They began by asking for two days in the office, which quickly became three and then four and now five. With extended commutes, nowhere to park, no desks to sit at, and even a widespread shortage things like mice, keyboards, and screens, many of the company's top and most experienced people said "sc--w this" and voted with their feet to new companies who offered remote work and many even got large salary increases to do so. Hence the highly predicable "Great Resignation" and ensuing fallout all over the company.
Bottom line is yes, Boeing does technically still allow remote work - BUT - you must absolutely make sure you are classified as a 100% remote worker upon hire and that has to be in writing. It cannot be a position listed as "hybrid" or a working agreement made between you and your current manager as those agreements are worth nothing. Even then, Boeing can and will refuse to honor their employment agreements, which they have a long history of doing, so keep that in mind when choosing them as an employer.
They are trying to force everyone to return to the office. The terrible parking situation and the lip service, they do about caring for the environment. They’ve received a lot of criticism for the RTO policy.
If they allow everyone who could to work from home, the parking situation would be alleviated overnight. Not to mention how much less pollution.
While the CEO of Boeing lives in Vermont and flies a private jet to work occasionally in Washington DC. The hypocrisy is beyond belief.
Yes but very limited. Usually offered to valued existing employees only.
there is a rock somewhere in this world missing its occupant...
No