Blue Origin reviews

The company has a toxic culture. Many mid-level managers and most of the executives lack proper technical and managerial training. They often hold their positions due to personal relationships, which they proudly mentioned in several meetings. The professional staff are responsible for the majority of the workload, and recognition often depends on their relationship with their manager. It's no wonder that employee turnover is high, and you see many inactive profiles throughout the company. The company lures people with a little bit higher wages than the market, but then claim their souls. The primary goal of directors and mid-level managers seems to be satisfying the founder, JB, with inflated numbers rather than delivering quality work. It's unbelievable how a team can supposedly increase innovations by ~30% within a few weeks, right after the founder asked for more innovations.

The company has certainly had its growing pains. Still working through slow processes, but continuously improving. Execs are also improving on listening to what changes employees want to see. Glad to see a new CEO coming in. Bob was not very personable and perhaps not equipped with enough “new aerospace” ideas to improve speed and help our programs “fail faster.” For the past few years, some aspects of the company looked like old aerospace (slow/bureaucratic).