As far as you want to go - Anonymous employee SpaceX Employee Review

4.0
Oct 14, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

8 years here, haven't had a boring day at work yet. Every day brings new challenges and obstacles to figure out, and at the end of the day you wonder where the hours have gone. Opportunities to pursue your interests and expand your scope of knowledge at work are nearly endless, and you'll be learning some of the most motivated and phenomenally smart people on earth. You can write your own story here, so long as you excel at it. Here, you can go as far as you are capable, and the satisfaction from contributing to the highest-aiming goals around is unparalleled.

Cons

Relentless pressure and schedule. Everyone has double to triple the workload that could ever be achieved, and the target is always moving. This proves troublesome to people used to organization and regular schedules. It can be disruptive to life outside of work, since 50+ hour weeks and months of travel can take their toll. If you're not a self-motivator or struggle with time management and organization, you will sink. This is not a place for those who need babysitters or the faint of heart.

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Cons

Heavy workload and long time work

4.0
Apr 6, 2026
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Pros

You learn so much because the work is so freaking intense, its a lot of fun if you're the type of person who loves to get emerged in hard problems. The hours for me were not too bad but I was the exception, all the other interns I was with dealt with 60-70+ hour weeks, some interns came in at 10am and left at 12am, when I say its intense, I'm not joking. This is however very unique to the Starbase location. I've heard Hawthorne is a lot more chill. I honestly despite how challenging the role was always look back on it with a sense of pride in my work, and longing to be back there. It really does feel that you're doing world changing things.

Cons

Very un diverse upper management, I'd say the company is pretty diverse in the lower ranks, but once you start to look at the org chart and see who's in charge, you realize that its mainly just white people. Makes you wonder if as a person of color you too will be able to move up. Housing sucks: there was limited housing on campus for full time employees, you have to wait a year plus to get off the queue and once you're off you only really get tiny homes as the option that are in an inconvenient location. Interns don't even have the option to get on campus housing, they give you 3k in a housing stipend and expect you to find a place in Brownsville. I'd say its very hard to maintain a relationship while working here if you don't have an understanding partner, the work schedule is brutal and you really can't slack off.

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