Employees are "awesome," Ortberg said, but higher-ups need to listen more and repair the company’s poor management culture.

Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg told employees on Wednesday the company needs a more open culture where employees are encouraged to speak up and communicate across divisions, according to a partial transcript of a company-wide meeting seen by Reuters.

Boeing Co. Chief Executive Officer Kelly Ortberg is inviting employees to help expose deep-seated problems — even if the response is “brutal” to the planemaker’s leaders.

Kelly Ortberg who had taken over as CEO in August, expressed dismay over Boeing’s culture, referring to the lack of civility people treated each other with.