How Boeing Lost Its Way
Why Hacker News recommends it
Cited as a source for Boeing's post-merger cultural decline and the undermining of its engineers.
What it is
A Bloomberg documentary on how Boeing's failures around the 737 Max crashes followed a shift in company culture and cost-cutting. It covers the grounding, the stock drop and questions about the company's future.
Recommended by 1 HN commenters across 1 different months, 2020 to 2021.
What Hacker News said
Recommends Bayart · 2021-06 · on “Hire-to-fire at Amazon India?”
Bloomberg Quicktake (which is one of the few news outlet Youtube channels I recommend) did a good 20 minutes piece on Boeing's internal cultural demise [1]. [1] [this video]
Cites bythckr · 2020-04 · on “Ask HN: Why did you leave the tech industry?”
I think the MBAs are just the tool/symptom of the problem. The problem is Wall St, why do we need it? Why are companies so bothered about stock prices? Why do companies have to put a show for them? Let them learn the trade and understand the value that is offered by a business. Short-terms gains at the expense of long-term losses is a fact that has to controlled by the board of directors and the ridiculous salaries of CEOs has to be stopped. A rule must be put in place that the shares they gain cannot be used during their tenure and only used 2-5 yrs after leaving the post. Founders bring in an MBA to run the company is like parents bringing in a Consultant to raise the children. You can nev
Cites anshumankmr · 2021-01 · on “Sriwijaya Air flight SJ182, a Boeing 737, has disappeared from radar”
Boeing has been repeatedly undermining its engineers and has been finding way to cut costs, that has killed hundreds so far. They just settled in a court case a few days ago. And you wonder why I don't want to fly Boeing? Source: [this video] [LINK] And the cars are in my control. I can choose the best possible car I can afford, I can drive responsibly. I can use public transport whenever I can. Planes may be statistically safer, but when companies cut costs to undermine people's lives, they deserve to pay for it.
Cites tovej · 2021-02 · on “NASA's Space Launch System: is cancellation too good?”
I've written about this before, in relation to the 737 MAX, I'll just post it verbatim: --- In 1997, Boeing merged with McDonnel Douglas. This led to some changes in management, and as a result, culture[1, 8:20]. McDonnel Douglas CEO, Harry Stonecipher, became the COO of Boeing. Stonecipher brought with him a cost-cutting sensibility, which was at odds with the engineering culture at the company [1, 9:00]. The culture change is best conveyed through two actions made by Boeing top management: • Pierson being told ”The military isn’t a profit making organization” by Program Manager Scott Campbell after raising the point that the conditions at the Renton factory would not be acceptable in the m