Is Blue Origin a good company to work for?

Blue Origin has an overall rating of 3.2 out of 5, based on over 1,385 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has increased by 1% over the last 12 months. 46% of employees would recommend working at Blue Origin to a friend and 40% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Blue Origin have been left by employees working as Intern , Propulsion Engineer II and Manufacturing Engineer II .

Does Blue Origin pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Blue Origin employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Blue Origin. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Blue Origin?

46% of Blue Origin employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Blue Origin 3.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.8 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Blue Origin?

Engineer (76) , Integration Engineer (36) , Manufacturing Engineer (34) , Mechanical Engineer (34) , Intern (32) , Software Engineer (31) , Test Engineer (30) , CNC Machinist (21) , Propulsion Engineer (20) , Technician (17) , Aerospace Engineer (16) , Propulsion Engineer II (14) , Senior Engineer (14) , Project Manager (13) , Manager (12)

What are the pros of working at Blue Origin according to real employee reviews?

"Pay is good if you're all about getting your soul sucked dry and not having a family life." ((in 134 reviews)); "Great people within your teams and teams you work for" ((in 125 reviews)); "Benefits are good." ((in 77 reviews)); "Most areas provide good work/life balance (especially if you take responsibility for setting those boundaries)." ((in 61 reviews)); "Blue has a great culture overall." ((in 49 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Blue Origin according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management brings down the company as a whole" ((in 101 reviews)); "Incredibly toxic behaviors from senior leadership" ((in 74 reviews)); "terrible upper management (though that's changing)" ((in 45 reviews)); "Floor supervisors try but upper managers have no clue." ((in 34 reviews)); "Long hours are the norm" ((in 23 reviews))

What are employees saying about Blue Origin layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Blue Origin layoffs and their outlook for job security at Blue Origin in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Blue Origin locations?

Kent , Merritt Island , Huntsville , Seattle , Cape Canaveral , Van Horn , Renton , Denver , Los Angeles , Phoenix , Reston , El Segundo , Titusville , Washington , Orlando , Melbourne , New York , Austin , Longmont , Atlanta , Highlands Ranch , Kennedy Sp Ct , Port St Lucie , Meritt Island , American Fork , Chicago , Maine , Florida , Milwaukee , Flint

Blue Origin reviews

3.2

46% would recommend to a friend

(1,210 total reviews)

Dave Limp

35% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

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Blue Origin has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 1,210 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 27, 2024

Toxicity

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The actual people doing the work are great.

Cons

The company has no odea how to become a manufacturer. They've been focused on research for long and now that they're trying to sell things, they are a dumpster fire. Senior management is toxic and amd have no idea how to do work. Everyone is expendable and their work processes are backwards. This company has a long way to go to be successful. Attrition is very high right now and management doesn't care. Hiring freeze is on and they're letting go of people for poor performance, even though they provide zero training and have unrealistic expectations. I would avoid this place for at least another 5 years. New Glenn is probably not going to launch in 2024.

2.0

Jan 17, 2023

Penny wise and pound foolish

Propulsion engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Awesome problems to solve, some super talented folks

Cons

Blue Origin will be a case study in executive incompetence in MBA classes in the decades to come. The CEO took over a somewhat slow and deliberate but effective team and drove it in to the ground by hiring a senior team made exclusively of leadership from the very 'old aerospace ' companies Blue was helping to disrupt. The only way to get promoted is to be former Big Aerospace. New space, forget about career advancement.

1.0

Oct 21, 2021

Uh Oh

Mission architect

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Doing hops is a much better pace than orbital launches.

Cons

Working at Blue means you aren't working at SpaceX.

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