The company is a husk of what it used to be. Maxar used to feel like a place to stay for a career, but flaws in management exasperated by the private equality acquisition has made life much worse. Some examples:
- Promising that remote work is here to stay, leading to many employees moving their themselves and their families from out of town/state. After the acquisition, the company announced a full return to office. Many employees voiced their frustrations, leading to tone-deaf response from the CEO telling employees to grow up and move back.
- Chronic understaffing, leading to long hours and burnout for some teams.
- Allegations of several labor code violations (see Sansoni v. Maxar Space LLC)
- Reliance on "company koolaid" after the acquisition. Company values shifted from "we invest in our valued employees" to "we make profits", and actions from leadership reflected that.
- Pay is... ok. Initial wages can be competitive, you will only get a 2-3% merit raise, so it's not great to hang around for too long.
- Outsourcing of entire departments and mass layoffs.
- High turnover in engineering, management, finance teams, leading to brain drain and disorganization, even before the acquisition. Engineers are often left taking their best guess at the problem.
