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      Blue Origin

      Engaged Employer

      Blue Origin reviews

      3.2

      46% would recommend to a friend

      (1,216 total reviews)

      Dave Limp

      34% approve of CEO

      40% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.7

      Compensation and benefits

      3.5

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.3

      Career opportunities

      3.1

      Work/Life balance

      2.8

      Culture & values

      2.2

      Senior management

      Blue Origin has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 1,216 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Blue Origin employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Aerospace & Defense industry (3.6 stars).

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      1K reviews
      5.0
      Dec 18, 2015

      Small Company Doing Huge Things

      Aerospace engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Small, innovative company that is taking on very large challenges. New ideas are encouraged and differing opinions are heard. Every day is a new and exciting challenge, and you won't find a better group of people to work with. Benefits are generous employees are encouraged to take advantage of them. You are rarely micromanaged and have the freedom to work around other commitments. Very flat management structure

      Cons

      High expectations and a drive to meet schedule can be stressful. When a deadline is approching, you are expected to put in the extra effort/hours to get the job done. You are expected to know your stuff, and contribute meaningfully every day. With minimal management comes greater individual responsibility.

      5.0
      Oct 5, 2015

      Test Engineer WTLS

      Test engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      -epitome of rubber meets the road type of engineering -small, close-knit team setting -fast-paced, challenging learning environment -many opportunities to grow quickly, add value, drive projects, and gain tons of responsibilities -you get to test rockets on a daily basis

      Cons

      -long work hours -extremely isolated location

      1.0
      Jun 14, 2026

      Top performers get the shaft!

      Sr. quality engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Free coffee and snacks and a slice of pizza when New Glenn launched and landed. They years before Blue gave everyone a 10K bonus for the New Shepard first human flight, they have since shut the entire program down.

      Cons

      Too many to list. The high performers get hit the hardest. I went 8 months without out missing a day, pick up other incomplete projects. After 8 years I received zero stock options which was promised at time of hire. When I left Blue had 383 people with Director in their title and had 40 VPs. Blue even posted a picture of the Chief Engineers on their Facebook page, they had 42! I was there for 8 years and my title never changed, every year they promised a promotion but they never come. I have 2 Masters degrees my Sr Manager had an A.A in arts, once he made Sr Director he was there for 6 months and moved to Andril. The pad repairs will take a year and they will loose the FCC bandwidth which will make them obsolete.

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