Propulsion Tech - Propulsion Technician SpaceX Employee Review

2.0
Sep 19, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good looking factory, Very nice food, Free frozen Yogurt, Free Latte cappuccino....... if looking to get Fat, you're in the right place

Cons

Management Sucks, they are after you for every little thing.... and looking to write you up so they look like they're doing something.. No human being appreciation for Techs... I don't know for Engineers and other position, but if your a tech, your nothing over there. - You work 10 Hours a day minimum and still if you come 1 minute late, your the bad guy - No 401K, They will offer u a Stock reward around 4 to 8K.. that you get if you spend 5 years working for them and That's it. - Bad treatment from management, if they see u looking at your phone for a minute, they will write you up.... as well if you decide to open a google page..... they want u to work 10 hours like a robot... and in the other side you can see them just running around. - They let the Lead tech do the management.. like what task your going to do. and good luck if you he doesn't like you .... The management care only about what he says to them - We have two lead mans with limited experience, no bachelor degree and no seniority, and in the other hand there is other Tech with seniority, A&P license and aerospace background that did not get that promotion... and the only reason I can see is there color..

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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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