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

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
5.0
Dec 31, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

The people here are extremely capable and committed to the mission. You can learn a great deal while pursuing a goal of genuinely changing the world, and advancement is much closer to a true meritocracy than most places you'll find. Almost everyone in the company is passionate about what we're doing, and it can feel like one big family sometimes.

Cons

There's an expectation that going above and beyond is essentially the norm, you should expect to be working overtime and some long hours. It's not a job for someone who wants to cruise on middle gears, and probably not one to plan to retire in.

2.0
Nov 30, 2020

HR VP is horrible!

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good mission and everyone is there for the right reason - to save humanity

Cons

Horrible support teams - no real leadership anywhere in HR, Security or Finance.

5.0
Aug 24, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Extremely passionate work environment. Everybody loves their jobs. Great stock opportunities, it has doubled in my time there already (knock on wood)! With no ceilings in sight. Great career progression, always looking out for your best interests career-wise. Work life balance varies depending where you work, but it has improved drastically since I started. Still requires a significant amount of hours, but not an unmanageable amount. Work on rockets every day. Enough said.

Cons

Very R&D at the moment, so not a lot of structure. But this is part of the fun. Pay starts off at a median level, but yearly increases and stock increases make it very worth it. I make more here now than I would have elsewhere with a higher starting salary.

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