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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 demographic groups

      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
      3.0
      Aug 24, 2021

      Great People, Great Work, Poor Management

      Engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      The people you will work with are all cool, the work you do will be awesome, you’ll learn very quickly.

      Cons

      The pay structure is broken, technicians earn more than more qualified engineers who take on more risk. Engineers are asked and expected to work above the contracted amount of hours for no extra compensation. There is also no standard bonus which is odd for what will be a publicly listed company with a yearly review and rigid career development and pay bands. The company also hires middle managers with little to no expertise or understanding of the product which results in issues with proper resource allocation and escalation of technical risks.

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      Rocket Lab Response
      4y
      Hi there, We appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback. We are stoked to hear that you are enjoying the workplace environment and that you have great relationships with other employees here at Rocket Lab. We appreciate the feedback regarding salary. We do have a number of people who come over from overseas where wage and conditions are different, however we have had our remuneration bench-marked, and for the most part we are on par with our local markets and where we are not, we are working hard to change this. Thanks again for the feedback and for all your hard work! -Rocket Lab People & Culture
      2.0
      Jun 28, 2021

      You don’t have to be selfish and arrogant to be a good space company.

      Manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The experience on your Resume

      Cons

      It’s an unfair workplace that continues to take from employees until they are ground in to the dirt. They even asked staff to work for free during lockdown, so they didn’t get behind in production. No doubt at all the the VPs and above still got paid!

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      Rocket Lab Response
      4y
      Hi there, Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback. With regards to your comment about asking employees to work for free during lockdown, none of our staff were asked to work and were paid at least 80% of their wages during this time. If you could provide a specific example of when this occurred (anonymously) to peopleandculture@rocketlab.co.nz so we can investigate, it would be appreciated. Thanks again for your feedback and we hope you provide some more insight into your comments. -Rocket Lab People and Culture
      5.0
      Jun 25, 2021

      Opportunity to work on cool, hard things

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Cool projects that I probably couldn't do anywhere else Fun team. Share similar interests with lots of teammates so its very social Lots of new things happening so always a fast pace Employee stock Lunches and dinners on site

      Cons

      Parking is severly limited Projects are often in flux, but you get used to it

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      Rocket Lab Response
      4y
      Hi there, Thank you for your feedback. It is fantastic to hear that you love a lot of things about working here at Rocket Lab, we definitely agree with all the comments made (especially fun team!) We understand everyone's frustration with the parking situation and have been working hard over the last few months to solve this, so stay tuned for an upcoming announcement. Thanks again for your feedback, we are looking forward to getting back to the pad, launching and celebrating with the team (very) soon! - Rocket Lab People and Culture
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