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Re:Boeing to lay off hundreds more engineers by jcadam on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @07:30PM (#14144039)
IIRC, even most (all?) software engineers working for Boeing in Washington State are required to join the union.

I worked for Boeing in Colorado on a major govt satellite program several years ago (non-union in CO of course), and when I received a WARN notice when our contract was ending I began looking around the company for other positions. All the SW Eng jobs I could find in the commercial aviation BU in Washington were listed as being "Union." Blech.

I ended up leaving the company after I figured out that Boeing's hiring and transfer policies meant it was easier to quit and apply for jobs as an external applicant, rather than applying as an internal candidate.

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Re:Boeing to lay off hundreds more engineers by froindt on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @11:15PM (#14145187)
I don't know if it's any different for software engineers, but I have a friend who did an industrial engineering internship there a couple years ago. He was treated exactly like a full-time employee (full benefits, 401k, etc.) and had the option to join the union or not. It was barely any more for him to join so he did.
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