SpaceX reviews

3.8

68% would recommend to a friend

(2,743 total reviews)
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Elon Musk

75% approve of CEO

80% positive business outlook

SpaceX has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,743 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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5.0
Aug 30, 2016

You think you're Top Talent until you get to SpaceX

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Pros

I've always been a top performer at every job prior to SpaceX. The people here are crazy smart and talented I eat it up. It's great to finally work with people that match my brain power and my drive for success. I've always put in more than 40+ hours a week but at my previous engineering job, I was put down and scolded for being 'a young go getter trying to make people look bad'. SpaceX is a meritocracy at its core where "best idea wins". Performance matters, not age. My wife says that I work the same amount of hours at spacex as I did at all of my other jobs. The main subjective difference is that I come home happy. Company is constantly redesigning the rocket. This leaves huge opportunities for growth and really tough problems that need fixing. I became an operations manager after 3 years. The position did not exist. I helped identify a need and filled a position that was needed. Somewhat flat organization in Vehicle Engineering department. It goes President, VP, Director, me (manager). I have regular conversations with the VP and makes me feel like I can really drive change in my department. And I regularly change my group where I feel like it needs to go. Lots of freedom for good ideas.

Cons

Contstantly shifting goals can wear on some people that dont like change. I'm more easy going. work-life balance is tough for me personally. There's always some huge catastrophic issue every month that needs fixing so you have to pick and choose your battles. It's something I actively work on improving and I found a happy medium.

3.0
Aug 25, 2016

Propulsion Technician

Anonymous employee
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Pros

innovative, creative, unique, feels important, space!

Cons

shifts are too long, company deadlines are unrealistic, need to provide better system if they want things to get done as fast as they ask for. insensitive, don't care about you, surprisingly cold hearted

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