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, 2019

Great potential

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The work can be very engaging and most of the people are top notch

Cons

Political correctness has gotten out of hand.

2.0
Dec 16, 2017

machinist

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Thursday free lunch, rich CEO

Cons

The company becoming more like the labor ready, people getting hire and quitting.

1.0
Feb 3, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Working on space vehicles Lots of smart people Pays well

Cons

Major changes come with no warning. In the 1.5 years I've been here, there have been two rounds of layoffs. An average of one person left my group every other month. Layoffs given via zoom meetings - "everyone check your email in an hour to see if you've been laid off". Felt like some kind of intimidation tactic. Leadership felt incredibly disingenuous. We are getting yelled at to work faster, but not given any stock options (they used to then stopped, told us stocks were a "lottery ticket" and not to expect anything). "X program is speeding up" a few months later it's cancelled, everyone laid off. Work sites would be closed down with no notice. People asked to move everything with no notice.

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