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

1.0

Nov 9, 2025

Pathetic Management. Nobody knows what they're doing. Everything rushed.

Engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Its a job (for now)

Cons

Average pay. Low morale at all levels. So far behind it's laughable, so any little thing that shows up is rushed, management is desperate. 2 scrappy options for insurance. Yearly raises hover around 1.5-2%. Yearly bonus is pitiful. Everything is run by California or New Mexico operations. Everybody is involved in everything!!!! Literally nothing is simple. Taking this job was a huge mistake on my part.

1.0

Sep 25, 2025

Great people, management is lost

Senior engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits, cool mission, awesome people working there

Cons

Lack of management direction. Pushing fewer employees to do more work with all the layoffs

1.0

Sep 23, 2025

Amazing People, Rotten Management

Senior engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

•Many amazing folks that are a pleasure to work with and have so much knowledge. •Work from home Fridays (if you are lucky)

Cons

In my opinion, micromanagement from senior leadership is rampant. We waste so much time now in meetings that no work is being done. We are losing top talent quickly and no retention is being done. Positions are not being backfilled. Promotions and raises are being denied address the board (unless you are in C Suite). Hidden metrics (“you didn’t work enough hours” or “you didn’t spend 4 days a week average in office”). There’s barely any flexibility. If VG really has the people they need, the grass is pretty dead on this side and needs to be taken care of.

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