Rant

The 'restructuring' is getting exhausting

0x149a…8b27

·16d ago·2 comments

Is it just me, or does every single All-Hands meeting lately feel like we’re being gaslit? They keep talking about 'right-sizing' and 'optimizing the workforce' while the morale in my department has hit an absolute floor. It’s impossible to focus on actual engineering work when you spend half the day wondering if your team is next on the list. Between the rumors of more offshoring in finance and accounting and these staggered site layoffs, the culture is completely shot. I’m honestly just putting in my hours and checking LinkedIn at this point. If you’re still here and feeling burned out, just know you aren't the only one. This place isn't what it was five years ago, and I’m not sure it’s ever coming back.

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0x532e…653d

·16d ago

I feel your pain. It’s been years of 'transformation' initiatives that never actually seem to fix the core issues. They love using corporate buzzwords like 'synergy' and 'optimization' to mask the fact that they’re stripping away the institutional knowledge that made this place great. At this point, the best strategy is to keep your head down, do your specific tasks, and make sure your resume is updated. The culture won't change until leadership stops prioritizing stock buybacks and quarterly reports over the actual people building the planes.

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·16d ago

Honestly, it sounds like you’re finally seeing the writing on the wall. Boeing hasn’t been an engineering-led company for a long time; it’s a finance-led one now. When you view everything—including human beings—as just another line item to be trimmed, morale is always going to crater. It’s not gaslighting if you recognize the pattern for what it is: a slow-motion exit strategy for the current C-suite. Don't let them kill your spirit. Take your skills somewhere that still actually values the work itself rather than just the spreadsheet margins.