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

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
4.0
Nov 4, 2025

Competitive Stock

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Significant stock package, cool product, diverse projects (team dependent), internal mobility

Cons

High pressure, high stress, no work-life balance, now 401k match (bc of stock potential)

3.0
Nov 2, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good overtime pay when you’re regularly scheduled 12 hours a day. Team bindings are fun. Good, free holiday parties - last year was at Universal Studios Hollywood. Fun team bonding events, supposed to be one every quarter. Coworkers are awesome. Subsidized food at the main cafeteria and in the break rooms. $5 for a huge serving at the downstairs main cafeteria. Free coffee bar too. Easy work.

Cons

No work life balance. Elon is a toxic leader. If you fall below 52hrs/week at SpaceX you won’t be there long. Often working 6 days a week and we’ve had a schedule change roughly once every month and a half. They continue to cut perks and become like a large corporate entity. For example, one of the buildings used to have hot food and a coffee bar and they got rid of that. It takes too long to get to the main building on your lunch so it probably won’t be a reasonable option. Food truck schedules have been cut on certain days at another building and replaced with an inferior program. To go to the bathroom you have to clock into a “General” work order which reduces your “utilization.” They want a “utilization” of 85% which is difficult to do if you use the bathroom a couple times when you’re spending 75% of your waking hours here and if you have to physically find work in the department (work isn’t brought to you).

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