A Boeing insider has come forward with alarming revelations about the company’s current state, attributing its decline to a combination of remote work among profit-driven executives and an excessive focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.
The anonymous source described Boeing as “a company of caretakers” to City Journal, painting a grim picture of disconnect between leadership and the workforce.
“It is not under owners. And it is not under people who love airplanes,” the source added.
The long-time insider criticized Boeing’s growing fixation on DEI policies, labeling them as counterproductive to fostering excellence within the organization.
“The DEI narrative is a very real thing, and, at Boeing, DEI got tied to the status game. It is the thing you embrace if you want to get ahead. It became a means to power,’ the source said. “It is anti-excellence, because it is ill-defined, but it became part of the culture and was tied to compensation. Every HR email is: ‘Inclusion makes us better.’ This kind of politicization of HR is a real problem in all companies.”
They insider also shared that top executives opt to work remotely at the company’s headquarters, located in Arlington, Virginia.
“We just instituted a policy that everyone has to come into work five days a week—except the executive council, which can use the private jets to travel to meetings,” the insider said.
Notably, the aerospace giant finds itself embroiled in a safety crisis linked to its 737 Max jets, triggered by a harrowing incident aboard an Alaska Airlines flight. It is also is in the midst of growing controversies, including the suspicious story of a whistleblower who allegedly committed suicide after court testimony.
Boeing’s woes worsened following the Alaska Airlines emergency on January 5, when a 737 Max 9 experienced a mid-flight panel explosion, prompting the grounding of 171 aircraft and a halt in production by the Federal Aviation Administration.
The fallout from the incident led to a staggering $30 billion loss in market value, accompanied by a 25 percent decline in stock prices.
The company also faced legal ramifications, including a $160 million initial compensation payout to the affected airline and numerous lawsuits from passengers aboard the flight. However, the Alaska Airlines incident is merely the latest in a series of crises surrounding the 737 Max jets, following two fatal crashes involving the aircraft in 2018 and 2019.
The tragic sequence of events involving Boeing’s 737 Max jets began with the Lion Air crash in Indonesia, claiming the lives of 189 individuals. Just a year later, another devastating crash occurred when an Ethiopian Airlines flight went down, resulting in the loss of 157 lives.
The insider attributes the fallout from these incidents to a significant turnover in talent within Boeing, resulting in an executive council dominated by outsiders. Despite recent leadership changes, including CEO Dave Calhoun’s impending departure, concerns persist among insiders about the company’s future trajectory.
The aftermath of these crashes prompted a significant overhaul within Boeing, leading to a substantial turnover within its ranks. The source revealed, “Right now, we have an executive council running the company that is all outsiders.” This includes the current CEO, who hails from General Electric, along with the CFO he brought in.
The company has additionally seen changes in key leadership positions, such as the appointment of a new HR leader with no prior experience at Boeing and the recent firing of the head of the commercial-airplanes unit in Seattle.
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