Could be much better - Anonymous employee Rocket Lab Employee Review

2.0
Nov 21, 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Interesting Projects - Nice people - Newsletter is informative - CEO is great

Cons

- Don't feel appreciated, no reward for loyalty (you get a 3,5, and 10 year coin) and feel dispensable. - Benefits, pay increases, and rewards for "High performers", however when everybody already works so hard at RL (Rocket before people), the rewards are then down to whoever the manager likes the most. - Feel like I'm unable to speak out as I'll appear as damaged goods to the management and team and then lose opportunities and development.

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Rocket Lab Response
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Hi there, It's awesome to hear that you enjoy the people and projects at Rocket Lab, we are certainly doing extraordinary things with incredibly talented people. In the last 2 years we have increased the percentage of employees who have been awarded shares by over 200% and have made it easier to access shares with our employee stock purchase program. As we move into becoming a large business (we are well over 1000 employees now, with a huge amount of room to grow), we need to streamline our processes and structures, which is necessary to gain efficiencies. Whilst we know some are use to the small company Rocket Lab once was, we still believe in the same key principles and values we have always pursued, which helps us retain the gritty uniqueness that separates us from our competitors. We have recently completed our 2021 culture survey and we have a number of ideas that we think will be very impactful on the topics you have raised. We look forward to sharing these with you soon. Thanks again for taking the time to give us feedback. -Rocket Lab People and Culture

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