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      SpaceX reviews

      3.8

      68% would recommend to a friend

      (2,742 total reviews)
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      Elon Musk

      75% approve of CEO

      80% positive business outlook

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      SpaceX has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,742 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
      3.0
      Nov 7, 2015

      If you value your family time, this isn't the place

      Senior structures engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Work with extremely intelligent bunch of people. Allowed to and encouraged to think out the box for solutions to engineering challenges. Rapidly changing environment and if thats something you like, this is the place for you.

      Cons

      Horrible work life balance. If you have a family then you are in trouble if you consider family comes first.. Lot of brown nosing and old boys club attitude. Not only should you get the job done you should project the image of being busy all the time.

      5.0
      Nov 7, 2015

      Life at SpaceX for hourly skilled labor

      Toolmaker/field machinist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      As a space nerd and believer in American manufacturing SpaceX is a tremendous place to work. We take raw material and turn it into something shot to orbit. That is a hugely satisfying thing after coming from the typical aerospace giants and a driving force behind my continued interest despite getting beat up by my job. Once you've found a niche the job is rewarding beyond anything I imagined it would be. Pay is average for a non-union aerospace company and the benefits packages are nice. The offer a wide variety of insurance plans that make it affordable even for a big family like mine. The chance at constant overtime is nice. Stock equity is a nice touch but no 401K match is definitely a con.

      Cons

      Manufacturing jigs, fixtures, assemblies, and even launch mounts from raw material means the job is very labor intensive and often out in the elements. You need a pretty good state of health because this job will send you home everyday feeling exhausted. If work/life balance is a phrase in your vocabulary this job will break you. SpaceX plows ahead demanding between 70 to 80 hours weekly from you. Of course for those money-hungry overtime hounds it's fantastic because you will more than double your yearly base salary. SpaceX is very much sink or swim from the very beginning. You must be willing to quickly adapt to new situations and demands that are above and beyond what a normal aerospace company would expect. The day I started my supervisor said "SpaceX only wants badasses", and that has been proven by a number of people who didn't fit the bill being sent home. You must be very even tempered and able to work closely with the people around you.

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