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
Jun 17, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

This is hands down the best place I've worked in my 10 year career. Full stop. The projects are incredibly interesting. Stuff you could only dream of working on Internal mobility is highly supported which is great. The people are awesome. So many smart and good folks to work with. The pay is really good

Cons

Jeff Bezos and senior managers might just ruin it all though. He can't help himself from making every problem more complicated and overengineered than it needs to be. And it causes projects to constantly restart and not get anywhere. His "science projects" bog down projects and cause never ending delays. When presented with a design, he tries to make it science fiction because he doesn't seem to have a good grasp on fundamental physics. And the employees are left constantly chasing their tail. Almost as large a problem is that senior management doesnt have the backbone to disagree with Jeff because they seem to be afraid to tell him anything bad. Blue is on the cusp of really gaining some momentum and doing amazing things, if the senior leaders and Jeff might screw it up.

1.0
Apr 14, 2022

Like Boeing but better/worse

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pay can be decent if you negotiate correctly. If you don't, be prepared to learn you make 1/2 or 1/4 of what the person next to you is making. Modern culture. Tattoos, piercings, wild colored hair is all acceptable.

Cons

Lack of regulation. If you come from a company that has specs to follow and believe in doing things correctly, don't apply here. It's the good-ole-boy club and many of the people in positions high enough to make decisions are old Boeing folks who are not forward-thinking. Zero accountability, just lots of saying "we will fix it" and finding a way to get work done no matter what.

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