Blue Origin reviews

3.2

47% would recommend to a friend

(1,217 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 1,217 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
Nov 3, 2023

Challenging and rewarding work building space infrastructure

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Awesome work and a lot of tangible achievements once we start launching again. Cool emerging tech on the horizon in an exponential growth industry. Employees are intelligent and happy to train one another. Cutting edge manufacturing technology and a lot of vertical integration. Roles for almost every engineering discipline. Lots of internal resources for information. More transparency throughout the org than other aerospace primes. Plenty of business resource groups and office events. Nice offices including snacks and espresso. Great pay and benefits. Well funded.

Cons

I see a lot of negative reviews and complaints on here. Almost everyone I work with and talk to in the company loves Blue. It seems the reviews are skewed because the few disgruntled employees are outspoken and content employees don't feel the need to air what's going on inside our (somewhat covert) company. I honestly don't have any cons. People work hard (especially certain programs), but we believe in our mission and work with purpose. For context I worked at other big aerospace/manufacturing firms prior to this.

3.0
Nov 2, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They dont feed you so you can stay in shape.

Cons

The culture is very one track minded

5.0
Nov 1, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1. Almost 5 weeks of vacation 2. Great health insurance and benefits 3. Up to 5% match on 401k 4. Education reimbursement up to 40k 5. 8 weeks paid baby bonding time 6. Relocation assistance was awesome 7. Culture is good, needs some work but they actually strive to keep the positivity up. 8. Lots of events, sports, clubs and activities to get involved in. 9. On site gym that's really nice. 10. Coffee, snacks & drinks readily available for employees with a good selection. 11. Get to see rockets launch from base! 12. Awesome Christmas parties. 13. Electric vehicle charging stations.

Cons

1. Lack of work, but seems to be changing. 2. Over hired a lot of people, causes lack of work for a lot of people which causes good talent to leave. 3. Biggest complaint. Not paying employees for their experience consistently through the company upon initial hiring. Depending on the department you got hired in or the hiring manager, they can determine a lot on your initial offer amount. Be sure to counter offer!!! Can not stress this enough. But Blue does pay better than 99% of the companies out there regardless. 4. Parking, but that's also getting fixed. 5. Constant change. Whether that's management, moving your area to another building or using your experience elsewhere that doesn't have enough people. You'll have to be flexible!

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