Rocket Lab Engineer reviews

2.9

64% would recommend to a friend

(27 total reviews)
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Peter Beck

99% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Engineer employees have rated Rocket Lab with 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 27 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Engineer professionals have an average working experience there. Rocket Lab is rated 20% below average by Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Aerospace & Defense industry (3.6 stars).

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27 reviews
4.0
Jan 16, 2024

Awesome opportunities

Recommend
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Pros

Fantastic people Amazing products Utilizing the latest technology

Cons

It is a big company with a lot of people involved in decision making.

4.0
Jun 15, 2023

Great

Recommend
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Pros

Fun, exciting work, challenging and always focused

Cons

Generally none — all places are minor issues

1.0
Apr 26, 2023

Kindergarten!

Recommend
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Pros

Snacks bar, free coffee and some cool stuff to learn. Pay is not bad depending on your team and title!

Cons

If you enjoy life and actually want to spend time with you family, don’t work for this place! No WFH, no work-life balance & work is demanding. Unrealistic expectations of employees as well as schedule goals. Culture has turned into an “everyone for themself” type of mentality rather than working as a team to meet company goals specially between NZ and US teams. Majority of projects are late from the beginning. There are high levels of organizational chaos/uncertainty where the turnover is severe and important people disappear very shortly. Overall, I'd say that it's a very young organization chocked full of super intelligent, idealistic young people. 90% of the workforce are brand-new graduates, no senior workers. These graduates have an eagerness to prove themselves but don’t have a lot of experience which consequently company takes full advantage of, so they can pay them however low they want, work them as many hours as they want 10-12+ hr days, and when they get burnt out, welcome in the new fresh meat. There is a severe lack of engineering wisdom that comes with experience. Results: High turnover rate. The average tenure of an employee is 1-2 years, which means you are constantly trying to get your pers and coworkers up to speed only to watch them leave. Last to add, Training is nonexistent! The way they operate is if you’re smart enough to get a job in Space industry, you’re smart enough to figure it out.

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