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      SpaceX reviews

      3.8

      67% would recommend to a friend

      (2,728 total reviews)
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      Elon Musk

      72% approve of CEO

      79% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.0

      Career opportunities

      3.8

      Compensation and benefits

      3.6

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.5

      Culture & values

      3.3

      Senior management

      2.5

      Work/Life balance

      SpaceX has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,728 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The SpaceX employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Aeroespacial y defensa industry (3.6 stars).

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      3K reviews
      1.0
      Nov 29, 2016

      Awful Place to Work

      Propulsion engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Very cool projects to work on. Building actual rockets that go into space. Tons of responsibility on Day 1 working at SpaceX.

      Cons

      80-120 hour work weeks are absolutely the norm. Days, months, or even years spent living in hotels or rentals. No concern for human life. Everyone I worked with was either divorced, dating someone at work, or in the process of getting divorced.

      4.0
      Apr 11, 2016

      Interesting work; novel problems to solve

      Principal engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Unlike many that may comment on their employment experience at SpaceX, I am a recent SpaceX hire but with 30 years industry experience. I find the energy at SpaceX familiar, the enthusiasm refreshing. Many hard working colleagues. Interesting, novel problems to solve. Visionary direction. Substantially more institutional patience than most companies. Willing to take some time and risks to service the long term goals. Immense flexibility and patience during my relocation process. Kudos.

      Cons

      Focus on every hire being a rock star has a price: positions go vacant for want of top candidates able and willing to take the position. Vacancies cause project delays.

      2.0
      Jul 10, 2014

      Concerned about Elon's and Gwynne's management style

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great perks, food, drink, shuttle to/from parking lot, vacation and sick time, paid holidays, paid medical benefits. Fun and casual environment. Very unique industry. Building rockets and space shuttles. Impressive site.

      Cons

      No work-life balance for the people who work on the production floor. 50-60+ hours per week. The recruiters in the Production Recruitment dept are very rude and bullying. They are not open to any changes and they don't welcome newcomers. They do not even know how many openings they have. SpaceX builds rockets but have no applicant tracking system! People step on their managers and VPs then go straight to CEO or CFO if they have a question or complaint, which is very unprofessional. About 3 months ago, they let many people go in HR and hired new managers and recruiters but they let 10 people go again just this week as well, including the VP of HR who started 7 months ago, a manager who started 8 weeks ago and another one 3 weeks ago. Strangely all these people are over 40. Hmmm.. Looks like Gwynne and Elon do whatever they would like to do. They do not think of the legal implications. Soon, they will be sued by one of these people in the good old California!

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