Blue Origin reviews

3.2

46% would recommend to a friend

(1,212 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 1,212 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
4.0
Aug 3, 2025

Great Company

Recommend
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Pros

Exciting and fun new space projects to work on

Cons

They are still figuring out their process and how to conduct business, so it’s a bit all over the place. Not staffed up enough to support new development programs.

3.0
Jul 25, 2025

Eh - awesome mission, so-so execution

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great people Exciting mission Good pay

Cons

Leadership Constant restructuring Too much bureaucracy

4.0
Jul 24, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

- 4 weeks PTO with 6 floating holidays and 8 regular holidays - exciting cutting edge work - typically decent work life balance if you want it - supportive culture across the company. It is not hard to find someone willing to teach you what you need to know - top engineering talents - easy to move around in the company

Cons

- recent layoffs after NG1 has made things feel uncertain - mandatory poor performers must be assigned per program - questionable high level leadership decisions

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