Blue Origin Structural Design Engineer II reviews

3.4

85% would recommend to a friend

(15 total reviews)

Dave Limp

Not enough data to show CEO approval

96% positive business outlook

Structural Design Engineer II employees have rated Blue Origin with 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 15 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Structural Design Engineer II professionals have a good working experience there. Blue Origin is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Structural Design Engineer II professionals compared to other employers within the Aerospace & Defense industry (3.6 stars).

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15 reviews
1.0
Jul 9, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-As many have said previously, the talent here is amazing and if you're lucky your team can be a fun group (again, if you're lucky)

Cons

- The upper leadership of the company has no clue what they are doing and its obvious, a majority of them are from Honeywell. We all assume once Bob became CEO he just invited all his buddies to come over too, bad choice. Now Blue is run like a slow corporate aero company when really it could be a fast paced fun place to be. - This is even more exemplified by the fact that they (the execs) do not listen to one word the employees say. If you have an opinion they will be glad to setup a chat, a meeting, a forum, anything. But whatever is said is merely documented and swept under the rug. -Although a large portion of the industry has shifted to a flexible WFH schedule, Blue has decided to force everyone back even with the delta variant spiking right now. This has caused a large portion of the workforce to revolt and the search for a new job has begun for many, or they have already left. - Our PR is at an all time low and the execs seem to be doing anything and everything they can to make it worse. Reddit is a fun read until you realize it's the company you work at that is getting hammered in the comment section. -Staffing is 1/3 of what it should be to actually output the results they ask for. This is even more daunting when a large majority of staff are contractors that have a finite time at Blue. The brain drain is real and we need help now, not down the road. - Attrition, its very bad. I'll leave it at that. - Pay raises do not match the cost of living increases in the Seattle area. I was even told my a manager once "the only way to get a good bump here is to leave and come back in 6 months". Really sad to see they don't value the workers salary here. - There are countless other small issues that I could go on about but I'll leave it at this. It's sad to see what Blue has become from where it was when I started. Old Blue was a great place. It was slow, but fun. New Blue, the one Bob is running, its depressing to say the least.

2.0
Jul 1, 2021

Amazing vision, and nothing else.

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work on orbital launch vehicles and manned spacecraft, with decades of projects planned well into the future!

Cons

*No hybrid WFH option, and no adjustment in pay to reflect the horrific Seattle area housing market. Archaic office-centric culture of misery and failure. Huge attrition due to lack of ability to evolve with the industry, resulting in further schedule slips and brain drain. *Worst offices most have encountered in their decades long careers (literally work in a circus tent loaded with incredibly small desks). *Horifically bad tools and processes, so much so that forward progress is impossible. No willingness to improve. "Go back to go forward mentality" is really just going back, and making going forward impossible. *Non-functional/technical figurehead style CEO and executive board, that makes mistake after mistake resulting in complete failure on all fronts, and is unwilling to listen to employees to make changes and improve the company. *Poor opportunities for advancement, minimal pay raises, very limited promotions (no pay raise until you threaten to quit, loyalty not rewarded). *Empty statements of support for diversity and inclusion, while embracing archaic policies of exclusion. *Brainwashing tactics to mask failure, "The circus tent is a visionary solution to our office capacity problem!" Blue is in a very bad spot right now, and likely won't change until the figurehead style executive board is eliminated and replaced with Jeffrey Bezos himself. Attrition and depression are rampant.

4.0
Feb 27, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Challenging, Enables Employees, Benefits, PTO

Cons

Lack of significant compensation increases after hiring on, turnover is high.

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