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

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
1.0
Jan 12, 2026

Lots to improve on

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good/smart people, exciting mission, dog friendly office.

Cons

Poor leadership, smoke & mirror tactics with real decisions made elsewhere, favoritism wrt promotions/information sharing, misleading information for building one's career there.

2.0
Jan 4, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Interesting product but a lot of interesting work contracted to outside companies. - Independence and ability to own and take-on projects outside of normal purview - Co-workers, and most immediate managers

Cons

- Lack of honest communication from upper management - Poor communication throughout - Virtue signaling - Constant restructuring - On certain programs, everything due yesterday - Culturally and managerially dysfunctional

2.0
Nov 27, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay and benefits including PTO

Cons

Dishonest management, doesn't practice what is preached, no systemic promotion mechanism, doesn't care about employees career path, HR just employes and fires and doesn't have any career development path for employees

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