SpaceX reviews

Where do I start, I might be here all day/night: -They work you against impossible expectations and expect that you'll deliver quickly, cheaply and at the highest quality. -The workload is like none I've ever seen - They treat their employees like garbage, it's never apparent when you're in the thick of it but as soon as you're out you realize how poorly people are treated there. You think it's because you're not doing enough or working hard enough, when it's really complete disregard for the employees - this stems directly from The President - Gwynne and CEO - Elon. - I wouldn't relocate if you're considering a job here, as other reviewers mentioned, you'll be looking again very soon after you start there when you see what a disaster it is. - The new leaders in HR they hired and then fired within a matter of months were an absolute mess - they destroyed and dismantled the entire HR/Recruiting dept for no reason, now its complete chaos in that dept. -They hang onto crappy employees for political reasons and fire good ones for no reason. -Leadership is completely lacking - they have these artificial expectations that only excellent engineers make good managers, where some of the best engineers i've seen there make the worst managers and are better off sticking to an engineering role. -Cult like following - very scary actually - people only tend to hang out with other "SpaceXers" and then complain the entire time about how terrible it is there. -They've lost all of their top leadership due to overworking and again, a complete lack of human compassion for these people that they overwork - always promising to compensate and give more stock. -The people who are treated the worst and as if they're just garbage are production folks. They're expected to have the best schooling, Bachelor Degrees, and then asked to work for $14 an hour and 50 - 60 hour weeks. They are completely walked all over, talked down to as if they're beneath the guys running the show. It's actually really sad to watch. -Last but certainly not least - The President/COO- she really knows how to lie to all of her leaders and promise them everything and then completely change her story as if she's never had that conversation in her life. She plays both sides of the field and hides away whenever there is bad news to deliver or lies about it. She's had to keep up with her lies compounding on lies for a while now, it will eventually catch up to her. Great salesperson, terrible leadership. They should put her back in Sales, that's what she's good at, not running a company. -Everyone seems scared to tell Elon the truth, the man loves this company and wants to know the truth but everyone covers up for themselves or finger points to blame someone else for fear of being fired. It's so sad.

Working at SpaceX takes over your life. It is hard to find time and energy for any other significant commitments outside of work, whether they are family, exercise, or hobbies. If you are married, and your spouse does not work at SpaceX, they will grow to hate SpaceX. For the amount of responsibility and stress you have, the pay is not great, unless you end up being able to benefit from sale of stock options. On the other hand, for the number of years experience you have, the pay is generally competitive. There are a lot of employees at SpaceX who have never worked anywhere else. Sometimes it seems like an overwhelming majority of the engineers in fact. This leads to a provincial, arrogant company culture. The amount of time you have been at SpaceX and how long the people in your personal network have been at SpaceX are the overwhelming drivers of your reputation within the company. Many people like to sit around and talk about the good old days and how things used to be so much better. This is likely untrue, counterproductive, and isolating to people who weren't around at those times. There are many people who will vigorously deny that there is anything wrong with the company culture. This attitude stands in the way of changes being made for the better. There is a lot of pressure to take on as much work as you can possibly handle without showing signs of failure. It is preferable to be running 3 projects and getting a C- on them than to run one project and get an A on it. If you aren't obviously failing or complaining to your leadership about the amount of work you have on your plate, you will be handed another project.