Achieve your rocket scientist dreams but be abused and treated inhumanely in exchange. - Engineer SpaceX Employee Review

1.0
Mar 27, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Fun holiday party. Cool founder who is good to name-drop in business school. Cheap food, cheap t-shirts, cheap (i.e. free) coffee.

Cons

Below-market compensation and benefits package. Absolutely astronomically unthinkable expectations around becoming a slave to the office. All opportunities for outside contact and development impossible. Engineers either married and hiding at work or love their partners who see the office as the other woman. Prepare for the rest of your life to be over upon entry.

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5.0
May 30, 2026
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Pros

Very open and cooperative culture Can-do mindset Break-through mindset

Cons

Weak HR with weak processes to protect employees Always on survival mode culture Less of training and more of performance management Some managers use review process as a weapon to bring people in-line

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4.0
Apr 6, 2026
Recommend
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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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