{"id":22876,"date":"2022-07-16T14:23:53","date_gmt":"2022-07-16T08:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=22876"},"modified":"2022-07-25T13:05:11","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T07:35:11","slug":"boeings-goal-to-make-737-engineers-return-to-the-office-makes-both-scorn-and-praise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/16\/boeings-goal-to-make-737-engineers-return-to-the-office-makes-both-scorn-and-praise\/","title":{"rendered":"Boeing\u2019s goal to make 737 engineers return to the office makes both grudge and praise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Boeing\u2019s latest back-to-office move \u2014 this time for its backlogged 737 operation is bringing a now-familiar pushback from affected employees, but also some grudging praise from at least one industry professional.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Wednesday, Jason Clark, vice president for fabrication and supply chain engineering, said 737 program engineers who are completely or partly remote to be ready to return to their Renton offices four days a week, according to workers who attended the online meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The policy will be formally declared in a subsequent email as early as next week, attendees told they were told, and could impact up to a few thousand Seattle-area workers, according to the engineer\u2019s union, Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cAs we raise production rates, hire thousands of new staff and resume our airplane development work, it\u2019s beneficial to have teams in the office more often to help our customer commitments and collaborate in person, including sharing best practices and responding promptly to emergent requirements,\u201d according to the report, which Boeing also give June 25 after statements that procurement employees would also be required to be in office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But several engineers who attended the Wednesday meeting stated Clark gave scant justification for the end of the recent remote-work policy, which they said allows teams to set individual workplace schedules based on project requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They stated Clark offered no data to show remote employees were less productive or were contributing to production or delivery delays. Clark \u201ceven acknowledged that he didn\u2019t know of any data that helps that,\u201d told a midcareer 737 engineer who attended Wednesday\u2019s meeting and who, like others interviewed for this story, requested not to be identified for fear of losing their job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead, the new 737 in-office policy seemed focused on reviving Boeing\u2019s office-based work culture and sending a signal to worried consumers that the aerospace giant is committed to fixing production and delivery issues, several attendees stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clark informed engineers that customers who visited Boeing\u2019s facilities were put off by the absence of engineers, attendees stated.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Clark told attendees some visiting airline executives \u201cweren\u2019t happy \u2026 seeing empty engineering sections,\u201d stated another mid-career engineer who was at Wednesday\u2019s meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several attendees requested Clark whether the benefits of in-office culture and better customer picture\u201coutweighed the potential for losing people, and he straight up told \u2018yes\u2019 \u2014 just flat \u2018yes,’\u201d one attendee stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Boeing spokesperson was unable to confirm whether Clark made those statements and didn\u2019t comment on whether they would have reflected company policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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