Cool work, terrible ethics - Senior Electrical Engineer Blue Origin Employee Review

2.0
Aug 22, 2025
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Pros

The work itself is cool. The mission objective is cool. The people surrounding you are cool. Overall, a cool place to work with a lot of unique things.

Cons

At one time they lead in pay, but other in-industry companies have caught up and even surpassed. Hope you like mandatory 12hr shifts, their policy allows you to work 14 of those in a row with 1 day off and they sure will push that on you: you can literally be about to pass out from exhaustion in front of management and they will push you to stay. Management is very far removed from the day to day that they set unrealistic goals that are tied to the incentive plan and to individual success rate for the year. Lateral movement only, no way to advance when applying elsewhere in company. Directors will block your attempts to transition groups if they feel you are even remotely a decent employee. Managers constantly lie their way up, there is a very loud unspoken fear of losing your job because you had to deliver bad news. The only thing they care about is the timeline someone made up in an excel sheet.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
Jun 19, 2026
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Pros

4 weeks of PTO, good benefits, free drinks and snacks available at all locations.

Cons

Leadership is inconsistent and often incompetent, company is very segmentalized and each group operates to different goals and schedules, poor communication with other parts of the company and with leadership. There is an overarching Yes-men mentality amongst leadership, and they often are just aiming to not be the group to be to blame for delays or failures. Personal growth is limited and widely ranges between different groups, there are areas where people see regular raises and promotions, while the majority seems to be told there are freezes or that they will be put in for next cycle. Pay has fallen behind, in the past they used to pay well and above the industry standard, but have not kept pace. Hours can be very long, again dependent on your group, some people may enjoy things like work from home or flexible schedules, but the majority are asked to work long hours and even support roles that could be remote are forced to be on site, despite a lack of space for the number of employees. I moved desks locations and buildings 6 times in 3 years. Re-orgs happen every 6 months, and create significant instability within the company, but rarely bring positive improvements. Good talent is not rewarded, and leaving quickly.

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