The CEO says that Boeing needs to change its isolated culture

By and Catchpole

Seattle (Reuters) – Boeing CEO (BA) told employees on Wednesday that the company needs a more open culture as employees are encouraged to speak and communicate across the departments, according to a partial version of a meeting at the level of the company in Reuters.

“We are not communicating across the border,” said Missouri, the headquarters of the Defense and Space Department.

He said that the difference within the sprawling company, which also includes commercial aircraft and global services departments, “do not work with each other as we can.” “The power of Boeing is in us every type of rowing on the boat together.”

Ordberg said that cultural change will enhance the morale of the company, which includes more than 160,000 employees worldwide, and “the results will appear in the market.”

Boeing refused to comment on his statements.

The company lost approximately $ 12 billion in 2024, and it fought to stabilize the production of the best -selling 737 Max, 787, and many fixed defense programs, including alternatives to the American presidential plane, Air Force One.

In the past, Ordrag, who came as CEO in August, said that the company lost its “iconic” position and that the solution to peace and quality problems requires changing the Boeing culture.

On Wednesday, Ordrag said that his diagnosis of Boeing issues had been partially informed by a cultural working group consisting of employees from all over the company that was looking for its values ​​and “most importantly” in the company’s behaviors.

He said he intends to develop a partial work plan based on a poll of the employee conducted in February receiving responses from 82 % of the employees.

He said, “I think they will be brutal to lead, completely frankly.”

In response to a question from an employee about the development of better managers, Orberg said that the company “will increase the leadership development activity” and urged the managers to listen to their employees and take care of them.

In October, Ortberg announced plans to reduce the company’s workforce, then about 170,000, by 10 %. The company released at least 5,000 layoffs in the United States, most of them in November and December, based on the records available to the public.

On Wednesday, Ortberg praised the company’s commitment to the company through its conflicts for a period of years.

“You know, to be honest with you, the fact that we do not have a great depletion in the company, given what we have gone through, is a shock,” he said. “But because people like, I want to be part of the company’s heart, I want to be part of Boeing to the reason I join the company.”