Originally Posted by
FlightlessParrot
The point is well made. But, though we might exaggerate in such emails, we are normally telling the truth, in a way that would be unpalatable to Management, because their job is profit, not truth. The only doubt is whether such emails represent temporary frustration, or a deeper concern.
Suggest the deeper concern has been well described nearly a decade ago
When I say I changed the culture of Boeing, that was the intent, so it’s run like a business rather than a great engineering firm. It is a great engineering firm, but people invest in a company because they want to make money.
Harry Stonecipher, 2004, former CEO of The Boeing Company, reflecting on the late 1990s
They have changed my attitude to be “why should I care” and to look out for myself as management won’t. Also, Boeing is no longer a premium company to work for.
If I can find something—anything—somewhere else, I’m gone.
They got no loyalty to me, why should I have any to them?
Technical employee, twenty-three years at Boeing,
Grunberg, Leon,Moore, Sarah. Emerging from Turbulence:
Boeing and Stories of the American Workplace Today
And the prior book by the same team "Turbulence re Boeing . ..
Both books were the result of a major survey of employees- managers, etc with the permission and help of Boeing
Summation-
Three most important things at Boeing are PROFIT.