SpaceX reviews

3.8

67% would recommend to a friend

(2,738 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 2,738 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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1.0
May 21, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Lot's of food choices, but not enough time to eat nor does their kitchen schedule line up for technicians working time. Free coffee though...

Cons

Bad pay, crappy work hours, obscene amount of downtime and overtime for burning down budget reasons with seemingly nothing to do, no real goals or objectives with clear intentions, business goals are constantly shifting, not enough time for technicians to eat "15 minute timed breaks when the kitchen takes over 10 minutes to prepare food while food largely still being $5" kitchen also opens at odd hours geared toward office workers running 8am to 5pm schedule instead of the 5am to 3:30pm schedules technicians work

2.0
May 16, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1. Cool Factor 2. Free coffee, yogurt 3. You get to work next to very smart people 4. Makes you feel important but you are really not. 5. Great resume builder

Cons

1. Very Low Pay 2. Encapsulation culture 3. Sweatshop culture 4. Elon does not care about giving you family time, only cares about your efficiency 5. You are easily replaceable 6. Work at least 55hrs per week 7. If something goes wrong, Elon starts sending emails asking everyone to shape up and work even more hours when you are already working 60 hours a week. 8. If a deadline is not met, it's never Elon's ultra demanding deadlines' fault but your fault for not working more than the 60 hours you are already working. 9. If you did not graduate from a top university, your chances of promoting are very slim to none

2.0
Mar 29, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Gratification on the accomplishments. You get to see astronauts, see launches, food, coffee. Sometimes forget where you’re working at and many people want to be there.

Cons

It gets old fast. Long long hours 12hr days, 14hr days. They’ll do anything to make schedule. They push schedule even at the safety of others. Once you make a new accomplished record shipment date of any product they expect better next time even though it took 12hr days for many weeks and burnout to do it. Management needs to be changed in many departments. Low pay compared to competitors. They don’t really care about the employees.

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