Is Blue Origin a good company to work for?

Blue Origin has an overall rating of 3.2 out of 5, based on over 1,387 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 3% 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 139 reviews)); "Great people within your teams and teams you work for" ((in 116 reviews)); "Benefits are good." ((in 80 reviews)); "Most areas provide good work/life balance (especially if you take responsibility for setting those boundaries)." ((in 57 reviews)); "Blue has a great culture overall." ((in 50 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 102 reviews)); "Incredibly toxic behaviors from senior leadership" ((in 75 reviews)); "terrible upper management (though that's changing)" ((in 43 reviews)); "Floor supervisors try but upper managers have no clue." ((in 33 reviews)); "Long hours are the norm" ((in 26 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

(1,212 total reviews)

Dave Limp

34% 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 1,212 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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2.0

Feb 21, 2024

Once my project is finished I’m out

Integration engineer

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CEO approval

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Pros

Building a road to space.

Cons

1 Think they are a manufacturing plant when we are clearly still in RND 2 New Shepard program is going to get run to the ground because management is only looking after themselves and not their employees 3 Extremely toxic 4 no backbone in management

1.0

Dec 11, 2023

Don't do it!

Integration engineer

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Pay was good, time off was good!

Cons

Ego driven, punk college kids stomp around with an attitude problem and little to no real world work experience. Spend frivolous money on non sense gadgets by the dork engineers, while there's no budget for the guys hired with experience to do the actual work.

5.0

Dec 9, 2023

Rockets are cool but information management is a nightmare

Propulsion analyst

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CEO approval

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Pros

Rockets are cool. They have mountains of test experience and data. The test team is unbelievably competent. Blue Origin has a lot of inertia and they will eventually make things work. Its a great training ground and provides ample room for employee growth.

Cons

Information management is way too confusing. Documentation is lax and rework is constant. Past turnover continues to plague current efforts. Tribal knowledge is endemic in various pockets of engineering. Some people are really smart and others are not. Teams have grown substantially in recent years but the fruit of that growth is anything but apparent. They haemorrhage talent due to poor managerial decisions.

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