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      SpaceX reviews

      3.8

      67% would recommend to a friend

      (2,747 total reviews)
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      Elon Musk

      76% approve of CEO

      80% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Career opportunities

      3.8

      Compensation and benefits

      3.6

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.5

      Culture & values

      3.3

      Senior management

      2.5

      Work/Life balance

      SpaceX has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,747 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The SpaceX 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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      3K reviews
      5.0
      Oct 17, 2016

      Like drinking from an awesome firehose

      Engineer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Every day is a new learning experience, every day you can effect change in the company. It's a relatively wide open organization where anyone can help anywhere, given they have time. Decisions are made by what's best technologically rather than what's been done in industry historically. Everyone is extremely intelligent and is highly motivated. No one thinks of it as just a job.

      Cons

      No one thinks of it as just a job. Work/life balance is blurred. Long-term opportunities for career growth must be sought out by the employee and aren't outlined well by the company. Salary is good for college grads but is not competitive over the long term.

      4.0
      Oct 17, 2016

      A hard gig, but really meaningful work

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      "You get two weeks to say you're new, and then you're the expert." That was one of the first things I heard, and it was true -- for the responsibilities, for the amount of work, and for the consequences. You're working with incredibly bright people on some really tricky problems that always need an answer yesterday; and you'll eventually get proficient in the race between accuracy, rigor, and time. But people almost always have the right end-goal in mind; and they don't let ego or schedule drive best engineering practice and judgment.

      Cons

      The pressure is pretty intense, and it takes a lot of willpower to enforce a work-life balance -- it's manageable, but barely.

      4.0
      Oct 17, 2016

      These guys have somewhere to be (Mars)

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      I struggle to even think of a company doing something as exciting. The sense of purpose and urgency both are evident in every team here. Being part of an incredibly talented group singly focused on the promise of Mars is definitely a unique experience. That said, the daily grind is not all hollywood sci-fi and rocket launches. The day-to-day work is hard and sometimes tedious. It's usually satisfying and rewarding though.

      Cons

      - Burnout is real. Management seems tuned in to it though, and wants to make sure you're okay, but I wish it didn't happen at all. - The pace can seem both way too fast when demands are made of you, and glacially slow when waiting for the rest of the company to move forward (eg. return to flight).

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