Does Virgin Galactic pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Virgin Galactic employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Virgin Galactic. This rating has decreased by 8% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Virgin Galactic?

29% of Virgin Galactic employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Virgin Galactic 2.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.6 for culture and values and 2.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Virgin Galactic?

Engineer (26) , Senior Engineer (10) , Technician (10) , Business Support Specialist (7) , Mechanical Engineer (6) , Manager (5) , Stress Engineer (5) , Test Engineer (5) , Avionics Engineer (4) , Intern (4) , Space Wrench (4) , Engineering Intern (3) , Flight Test Engineer (3) , Intern - Hourly (3) , Aerospace Engineer (2)

What are the pros of working at Virgin Galactic according to real employee reviews?

"Great people and a job that inspires" ((in 31 reviews)); "Benefits are good" ((in 26 reviews)); "Pay and location were great" ((in 20 reviews)); "Great work life balance" ((in 13 reviews)); "Good culture" ((in 12 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Virgin Galactic according to real employee reviews?

"• Tone deaf upper management." ((in 12 reviews)); "Layoffs are common." ((in 8 reviews)); "Group Managers do not understand that " contract engineers " are trying to produce proper engineering documents for future Revisions in case there is some errors with the least amount of Re" ((in 7 reviews)); "Bad communication, especially between departments." ((in 6 reviews)); "This is attributed to how horrible old and new management has been slowly turning once was a great company prior to becoming public into one of the worse places to work." ((in 4 reviews))

What are employees saying about Virgin Galactic layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Virgin Galactic layoffs and their outlook for job security at Virgin Galactic in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Virgin Galactic locations?

Mojave , Tustin , Las Cruces , Long Beach , Irvine , Spaceport City , Los Angeles , Mesa , Lancaster , Truth or Consequences , Albuquerque , Leander , Schertz , Tehachapi , Pasadena , Mountain View , Truth Consq

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Virgin Galactic reviews

2.6

29% would recommend to a friend

(294 total reviews)

Michael Colglazier

21% approve of CEO

16% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.2

Diversity & inclusion

3.0

Compensation and benefits

2.8

Work/Life balance

2.6

Culture & values

2.5

Career opportunities

2.0

Senior management

Virgin Galactic has an employee rating of 2.6 out of 5 stars, based on 294 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Virgin Galactic employee rating is 28% below average for employers within the Aerospace & Defense industry (3.6 stars).

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Reviews by job title

294 reviews

3.0

Jul 13, 2025

Fellow Employees are Amazing

Senior engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I truly love the folks I work with. There are lots of really smart and driven folks working here that genuinely make me happy to come to work every day to see them.

Cons

High up company leadership is lacking and could use some work to regain the trust of the team. Lots of decisions are being made with poor schedule management and fudged numbers, which usually turns into overworking engineers and other employees to try to fix how the program schedule looks.

1.0

Jun 8, 2025

High Hopes - Unable to Deliver

Test engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The mission is exciting, and the company's story is compelling. VG represents itself as an example of how aerospace could be.

Cons

VG does not live up to its own expectation, or anyone's expectations. The "Virgin culture" might be what makes Virgin engeering companies so ineffectual. To put it succinctly, "Virgin culture" was developed for the marketing world. Its great at selling a dream/vision. But when it comes to engineering and making stuff, it holds back progress. "Virgin culture" caused the company to hire people based on "vibes" and "fit". Not based on fundamental knowledge, track record or tenacity. Inside the company there is a sense that no one has experience building an aircraft or manufacturing a composite. Its all treated like a new "art" that has to be developed from scratch. It takes hard people, with hard skills, to surpass hard technical challenges. The people that have what it takes cant be found at VG.

2.0

Apr 30, 2025

Fast paced learning

Associate stress engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Face paced environment with accelerated learning.

Cons

- uncertain company outlook where I saw a lot of layoffs - not very friendly toward contract workforce

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Jobs at Virgin Galactic

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