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      Rocket Lab

      Engaged Employer

      Rocket Lab reviews

      3.6

      68% would recommend to a friend

      (262 total reviews)
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      Peter Beck

      95% approve of CEO

      74% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.7

      Career opportunities

      3.6

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.5

      Culture & values

      3.3

      Senior management

      3.2

      Compensation and benefits

      3.1

      Work/Life balance

      Rocket Lab has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 262 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Rocket Lab employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Aerospace & Defense industry (3.6 stars).

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      262 reviews
      1.0
      Apr 4, 2023

      Terrible Management

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      There aren't any that I can think of.

      Cons

      Culture is full of fear. Management doesn't care about your concerns. They'll do everything they can to squeeze every drop of work out of you and won't compensate or recognize you for your efforts. I cannot think of a single thing a manager did for me during my time there. There's a reason a lot of people leave after only about a year.

      1.0
      Dec 22, 2022

      Clawbacks!

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      offers looks pretty on paper

      Cons

      This is a company that loves clawbacks apparently. There is 401k matching, but with a vesting period of a 3 year cliff. Too bad most people bounce at a year, year and a half. You're an old timer if you've been there over 2 years. I've seen multiple people let go without warning before vesting periods/1 year equity cliff. Also, after finally releasing equity grants (six months after going public), they gladly took half the stocks for 'sell to cover' only to come back a few months later when the stock cratered and asked for more money because the stocks they took 'no longer covered the tax liability'. If you can, get paid in physical cash.

      1.0
      Oct 6, 2022

      Selfish

      Executive
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great industry with no US content

      Cons

      Selfish management based on self motivation

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