AVOID AVOID AVOID. I REGRET COMING HERE. SHOULD NEVER HAVE LEFT FORMER JOB!
Pros
It sounds cool to tell ppl you work here, and that is where the "pros" end. If you are a top tier engineer with a top education and aspiring ambitions - GO ELSEWHERE. DO NOT RUIN YOUR CAREER. ENJOY THIS COMPANY FROM A FAR AS A FAN ONLY - AT A HUGEEEE DISTANCE.
Cons
WALMART OF AEROSPACE. The company has a major cash flow issue. Be prepared to make peanuts for your salary -I've been here 3.5 years, and they have promised raises for years - that's a laugh. Also, the equity - it was not great when i first signed on, but admittedly better than my prev. company, I hear it is not less than 2% in equity - all in all -peanuts plus ""EQUITY"" that will calculate to about $20/hr after you work all those hours- like 70-80 hrs a week mandatory salaried. Awesome use of that Ivy League degree! Their rockets are priced low, which sounds great, except the slave driver heads of engineering and production force us to produce at alarming rates, turning rockets around in full completion in weeks. DO YOU WANT TO HAVE YOUR FACE FIGURATIVELY PRESSED TO A GRIND STONE? YES? THEN JOIN SPACEX! The leadership team is young and inexperienced. Their recruiting team is a joke. Their university rep lies about how wonderful the company is, completely incompetent- a great reflection of the leadership team and business model, complete incompetence. It is a nightmare trying to communicate basic issues that cause setbacks. AVOID ANY ENGINEERING JOB HERE. AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID.
