Amazing experience but still flawed and maintaining some start-up mentality - Engineer Rocket Lab Employee Review

- Under-resourced for the work that is done and targets set by upper management - felt like every department I worked with was stretched close to breaking point - Long hours. Not all departments work crazy hours, but vast majority work a lot more than they are contracted due to amount of work, deadlines, and culture - Pay/compensation is poor - may be it is in line with New Zealand market, but does not reflect how much and how hard people work, and that many staff would be able to easily get better paid work overseas. - Raises/bonuses poor for most staff. With inflation and cost of living rising effective pay decrease for many. - Stock reward scheme is poor and I think setup going the wrong direction, still in the start-up mentality. Feels like a carrot dangled to encourage all to work even harder and longer short term, but not recognising that many are already stretched to breaking point - I think this risks burning out more staff. Those that push themselves further (inevitably all won't be rewarded) will end up disillusioned. Good that staff can now buy stock. - Constant change leads to repeating work and many of the same issues coming through. Feels like with the amount of change that is pushed through (with current resource levels) Rocket Lab is doomed to keep repeating same mistakes - At times felt like schedule and cost are the only priorities, potentially at the expense of safety (recommend to a friend - YES, but mentioning above caveats!)