Sierra Space reviews

2.4

22% would recommend to a friend

(286 total reviews)
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Fatih Ozmen

36% approve of CEO

10% positive business outlook

Sierra Space has an employee rating of 2.4 out of 5 stars, based on 286 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Sierra Space employee rating is 34% below average for employers within the Aerospace & Defense industry (3.6 stars).

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286 reviews
1.0
Dec 13, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Several strong engineers in various disciplines with passion for space. Have to feel real bad for them being stuck at this company with its leadership and self destructive tendencies.

Cons

Leaders across the board are consumed with their self promotion and climbing quickly up the ladder at the expense of the programs, products and team. Leaders are not passionate about the mission as much as they are their own agendas. Engineers are seen as a commodity. Sierra Space does not invest energy into determining who their best people are and instead promote and award positions without competition. Sierra Space has managed to take the best of SNC and discard it. There are some serious honesty issues at the company which leave many employees confused on what the actual state is. All this somehow manages to weaken the coolness of space.

2.0
Jan 14, 2022

Trying to be SpaceX

Recommend
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Pros

-Best people to work with -One of the coolest projects in the industry

Cons

-Lower pay if you’ve been there more than 3 years -Middle management lets you know your replaceable -Unrealistic schedule -Good luck advancing in certain departments, if you aren’t in the good old boys club The company just Invoked a mandatory 15 hour a week OT requirement across the board. This is greatly disappointing since I know many employees took the job thanks to the 9/80 work life schedule. I feel incredibly bad for the younger generation of engineers, who will now be forced to burn out, on an otherwise great project.

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Sierra Space appreciates all forms of feedback. We invite you to set up a 1:1 conversation with a leader or executive you trust to provide more specific and concrete examples to afford the company the opportunity to improve or address your concerns. This collaborative approach will allow us to swiftly address and partner with you on solutions. Your ideas and input will be valuable to the new company's growth and transition.
2.0
Feb 17, 2025

Chaotic, Unmanaged, Good People

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Pros

Nearly everyone I worked with at the IC level was great. There are some good managers and the directors are hit or miss. The projects are very cool and easy to be inspired by if you love space or complex systems. The 401k match is the highest I have ever seen. The pay was good, even compared to other market peer companies.

Cons

Working here was a total cluster. The endless weight of rolling layoffs and constantly wondering if they were next put people on edge. Office chatter was almost exclusively negative about the company, the emotions, and the management. For everything else going for it, the morale dragged my experience down severely.

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