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York Space Systems reviews

2.2

29% would recommend to a friend

(76 total reviews)

Dirk Wallinger

13% approve of CEO

29% positive business outlook

York Space Systems has an employee rating of 2.2 out of 5 stars, based on 76 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The York Space Systems employee rating is 39% below average for employers within the Aerospace & Defense industry (3.6 stars).

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76 reviews
1.0
Feb 4, 2026

Toxic

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The pay was good, on the higher end of the market.

Cons

Toxic as hell. I think they were staffing up to show "growth". Useless position.

4.0
Jan 27, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

As an engineer - Work is exciting, and at a fast pace. You can expect to truly own your work. It's an awesome feeling seeing something you own work on-orbit. Also, York's satellites are reliable... you'll get valuable experience with functional satellites that work. - You will learn a ton, especially in lower-level engineering positions. - Work happens at all stages of the engineering life cycle. You will be involved with conceptualizing new designs while also being on console for mission operations. - Good work life balance. Generally actually 9-5 with occasional long weeks. Good PTO mitigates the occasional longer hours. As an employee - Paid healthcare is nice. Paid public transit pass is also nice. - The company is actively scaling production capacity. It's an exciting and rare change to see scaling in action. - There is very little corporate BS, few useless meetings. York has (recently) improved on processes to make sure things continue getting faster. - Being involved with the Colorado Rockies is a cool perk. Cool events, merch, game perks, etc. In summary, being at York, especially now, opens a lot of great opportunities to own technical work at a growing company that makes things that work.

Cons

Leadership treats themselves while isolating employees - Leadership is isolated from employees. Technical business decisions are made by non-technical people with little to no technical input. - Communication is generally lacking internally. You often find out about big company news (new contracts, IPO, etc) from external news articles. - Generally, leadership is compensated well while employees are compensated very stingily. This makes employees easily feel undervalued despite being heavy lifters for technical success. - York is not (yet) a recognizable brand. This is improving but don't expect friends and family to ooh and aah at the name. Employee life - There are no equity opportunities for employees. The compensation structure feels like a private equity shill operation (in fact, York is owned by a private equity firm). - There are very few women in engineering groups. The culture is pretty bro-y. - York will not pay for your higher education degree (they claim it's useless). - People leave all the time. The company has historically dealt with turnover well, and there aren't signs of changing. It's a negative feedback loop that drives retention down. - 5 days in office for most teams. We used to have 9/80 fridays but those seem to be gone.

1.0
Jan 23, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Health insurance is paid by company. Free snacks

Cons

Awful management, termination with no warning. Over 400 people have come and gone in the last 5 years, that is a lot for a company York's size. Questions go unanswered by incompetent managers. DO NOT GO TO WORK HERE, YOU WILL REGRET IT. Company needs to be investigated for illegal employment practices. No diversity in workforce.

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