SpaceX reviews

- If you are an engineer who is above average (exceptional to the outside world) you will do fine. If you are not an engineer, you don't count. - If you are not above average every moment of every day of every week of every month of every year, you will not be successful or find career satisfaction. Is SpaceX impacting history? Yes, it is. And, many of my coworkers paid/are paying the price and sacrificing their personal lives to reach "the dream." (We joke that we're the #1 cause for being single, break ups and divorces.) - Is it "cool" to work for Elon? Sure it is. He has vision and courage to impact the future. There's a price to pay for working for a "cool" company. - Designs/direction that keeps changing. Any small change has a ripple effect on each rocket produced and each launch that is scheduled. We had an awesome launch from VAFB. On time and flawless. Why change what worked? Yes, there is room for improvement but consistent perfection needs to happen first.

The hours expected to work are absolutely asinine. The expectation is really in the 70-80 hour a week range and you will be duly chastised on a daily basis if you do not adhere to this. I have seen many folks sleeping on the floor in their cubes because they can't go home. The management is completely in over its head. There are mere "children" making programmatic decisions based on nothing more than if it will keep them from getting crucified by Elon. A culture of management by fear is rampant in this organization. If you came from the Aerospace community with any level of experience, you will be looked at as part of the problem because you would like to apply the scientific method to solving problems. Absolutely a terrible way to build a launch vehicle. There is never a good word or sincere thank you offered to the staff for a job well done. The pay is sub-standard for the most part. You can negotiate to a reasonable level if you have the right skill set, but the majority of the staff is fresh outs and hourly folks who have never done this. Be prepared to leave a good bit of your professional morals at the door. You will be asked to compromise them to meet the very demanding and unrealistic build schedule.