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      Blue Origin

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      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

      Ratings by demographic groups

      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
      1.0
      Jul 16, 2025

      Pointless Ego Project run by Liars, Frauds, and Vultures. AVOID

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      * Clean-ish office * Slightly above average salary

      Cons

      * UNTRUSTWORTHY, DECEITFUL MANAGEMENT * Employees are treated like contractors * CEO knows NOTHING about aerospace tech/engineering * Rampant incompetence among C-levels * Excessive work loads on high performers to compensate for low performers * No incentives whatsoever for anyone below Sr rank * HR exists only to enforce executive orders and protect budgets * Bad WLB in general * No stability or meaningful strategy * Project planning is a free-for-all devoid of factual analysis * KPIs that encourage groups to work at cross-purposes * Lack of project strategy or milestone definitions * Rampant nepotism * Perpetual re-orgs and structure changes * Stack ranking and no-warning RIFs * Godawful & toxic overall employee community

      2.0
      May 12, 2025

      Great Team, Horrible Leadership

      Software engineer iii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      My time at Blue Origin allowed me to learn a lot of new methods to solve problems from a very smart group of people. The team members are genuinely passionate about space and making the company move efficiently. They try to be fair while covering for each other, and sharing knowledge. The sky is not the limit (literally), so long as time and priorities allow. Great benefits.

      Cons

      Huge burden of top-down priorities which over-demand time. Stack rank merit system. Little to no time to improve processes. Lack of flexibility in general, though varies somewhat by team. Layoffs and continuously dropping morale.

      1.0
      Mar 18, 2025

      Awesome Mission, Rough Execution

      Manager - engineering
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Brilliant Engineers, Technicians, Support Workers and the products are awesome

      Cons

      Poor and Uniformed Upper Management / Department heads, Decisions are not driven by data and rather are usual driven by emotion.

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