Rocket Lab Software Engineer reviews

3.4

69% would recommend to a friend

(14 total reviews)
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Peter Beck

98% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

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14 reviews
1.0
Dec 22, 2022

Clawbacks!

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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.

3.0
May 8, 2022

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Pros

Technical experience, interesting exciting projects

Cons

Pay and work life balance

4.0
Mar 2, 2021

Average

Recommend
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Pros

Friendly Environment and close relationship between employees

Cons

Low salaries with a lot of work to do

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Rocket Lab Response
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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 and Culture
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