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

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
2.0
Aug 5, 2025

Skip it if you can

Recommend
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Pros

* great coworkers * you'll learn a lot about internal recruiting

Cons

* Management isn't great - seems like nobody is on the same page * Felt like a number * Felt like a number (not a typo, they did a good job at making you feel like a number so if that's what you're looking for, then you've found the place :) )

3.0
Aug 4, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good Benefits and Good Pay with a 10/4 schedule.

Cons

Poor Management at almost every echelon. at some of the lowest levels of management leaders are so disconnected from the employees that they seem to rely on peer review to decide if an employee should be hired or fired.

4.0
Aug 3, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Engineering staff is excellent at some of the most talented people in the industry. Founding mission is wonderful. Pacific Northwest is a nice place to live, at least for me. So many programs have been built from scratch with little/no heritage so there were lots of incredible engineering challenges/opportunities.

Cons

Incompetent management at least during my time there and that might have changed with a new CEO coming over from Amazon but he sure has his work cut out for him. I saw it all from management mailing it in to trying to manufacture crises to get staff to put in ridiculous hours. At a certain point, it became obvious that we didn't have the competence at the top level to compete with other companies in the industry, especially the dominant watch provider and you probably know who I'm talking about. I also noticed some mid/upper level management cliques that would form. To me, it seemed like there was some prioritization of comfort (not feeling threatened) over uplifting the best talent to positions of influence.

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