Structures Engineer that Loves their Job - Structural Engineer SpaceX Employee Review

5.0
Jan 23, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Excellent coworkers! Working at SpaceX gives you the opportunity to work with some of the best engineers in the US. This combined with the "wear multiple hats" aspect of employment at SpaceX means that you get a lot more exposure than other employment opportunities and the quality of content that you are learning is just incredible. The work environment is set up so that you do not feel the long hours. If you are hungry, they always have food. There is pretty much anything to satisfy a craving while you are at work.

Cons

The barrier to entry for working on meaningful projects is quite large. It takes a solid 2 weeks to get all of the necessary information to do fairly basic tasks. All of the information is easily reached, but the quantity of material that must be known for every small step is burdensome in the beginning. The work is very interesting, and in my opinion makes the long hours very easy to endure.

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Pros

* **Unmatched Mission & Impact:** You are literally working on rockets and spacecraft. The cool factor is 10/10. * **Brilliant Coworkers:** You will be surrounded by some of the smartest, most driven engineers in the world. * **Insane Career Growth:** SpaceX on your resume is a golden ticket. You will learn more here in 3 months than in 3 years at a normal company. * **Hands-on Experience:** They actually trust interns with real, critical hardware. No boring coffee-fetching tasks.

Cons

**Cons:** * **Zero Work-Life Balance:** 70-80 hours a week is the norm, not the exception. Say goodbye to your social life and sleep. * **Extreme Burnout:** The "hustle culture" is toxic. You are expected to treat the company as your entire life. * **Mediocre Pay:** The hourly pay is average, especially when you factor in the insane hours and the high cost of living in LA/Hawthorne. * **Chaotic Management:** Decisions can change overnight based on whatever Elon Musk tweets or feels like doing that morning.

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