5.0
Oct 3, 2017
Great culture. High pressure. Fun as hell.
Current employee, more than 5 years
Hawthorne, CA
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook
Pros
Huge amounts of responsibility placed on engineers, even brand new engineers. Projects are large in scope, ownership is typically concept through implementation. Great benefits. Very strong "best idea wins" environment - no cronyism or red tape. Fertile learning environment - cross training is encouraged and normal. #1 Pro: the culture. Thousands of energetic, passionate, intelligent, and pleasant folks to work with. Night and day compared to the (old-space) aerospace places I've worked.
Cons
Long hours at times. Constant 'task saturation' for all teams and all employees. This is the name of the game for Elon. Can get burned out if you don't pace yourself and learn to shoulder the pressure.
