SpaceX reviews

3.8

67% would recommend to a friend

(2,737 total reviews)
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Elon Musk

73% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

SpaceX has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,737 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
Aug 15, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

part of history in the making

Cons

Susceptible to be laid off. very long hours. no bonus if you are not at least in a leadership role.

3.0
Feb 19, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Nothing beats the mission and feeling like you're part of something greater than you. The opportunity to be around so many intelligent people is extremely rewarding; you can learn quickly if you push yourself. Being there for a short while is worth it just to get some financial investment in the company and experience how it feels to have everyone you meet be impressed by where you work.

Cons

The company mission is clear, but how that transcends into yearly or monthly goals is very unclear and causes an unstable environment. The entire company is always in firefighting mode, focusing and prioritizing whatever is needed that instant. I'll be very clear...it is not the time commitment that burns people out so quickly. It is the lack of planning.

1.0
Oct 11, 2018

Bait and Switch

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Free Coffee. We do some cool stuff. made some good friends working here. also, learned some very cool things from my peers.

Cons

Spacex recruiting AND HR have a bad habit of promising a certain pay rate, then when the offer comes through changing the terms of pay. They will LOW BALL you for sure, and try to lure you with the promise of extra Over time. There is no Guarantee for overtime. If you listen to them though, its all overtime all the time. Not true, don't be fooled. Get paid what you think you are worth before accepting job. Myself and several others are grossly underpaid for the positions we hold. which explains the mass exodus that has occurred over the past few years. Best advice is to come here and get experience then go find work for a more trustworthy company. Also, the review system at Spacex is remedial at best. Zero goals set, when asked what can be done to get promoted your most often told "just keep doing what you are doing" without any real feedback.

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