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      SpaceX reviews

      3.8

      67% would recommend to a friend

      (2,739 total reviews)
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      Elon Musk

      73% approve of CEO

      79% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.0

      Career opportunities

      3.8

      Compensation and benefits

      3.6

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.5

      Culture & values

      3.3

      Senior management

      2.5

      Work/Life balance

      SpaceX has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,739 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
      5.0
      Feb 24, 2016

      Avionics Technician.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Spacex is a great company to work. Because there are lots of thing to update and lots of thing to learn every day.

      Cons

      Spacex employee received a good benefit every time we have a successful launch and we received some good benefit from the company.

      1.0
      Feb 21, 2016

      Absolutely Horrendous Experience

      Mission operations engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The company as a whole does very interesting work and you get to see some really cool stuff. You will meet some passionate people.

      Cons

      I have a degree in aerospace engineering and my job title was "Mission Operations Engineer", but the only thing I did while at SpaceX was make powerpoints. When initially offered the job, I was promised the opportunity to operate the Dragon spacecraft, but instead spent all of my time doing menial tasks with no career advancement in sight. The root cause of my negative experience was poor management. This group is not a meritocracy, and leadership is decided by seniority alone. The issues within the group are very apparent to everyone in it. Meetings are constantly held where these issues are discussed but never solved.

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      SpaceX Response
      10y
      Thank you for your feedback—we are always striving to make SpaceX the very best that it can be, and we take all comments into consideration. Operating the Dragon spacecraft is definitely one of the coolest parts of Mission Ops, and as we continue to increase the number of dragon missions, there will be more of those opportunities for our Mission Ops Engineers. We appreciate your contribution to SpaceX and wish you the best in your future endeavors.
      5.0
      Feb 19, 2016

      opportunity to do what you want

      Lead propulsion engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      I am provided with all the tools I need to get basically anything I want done. The only constraint is my own abilities. In terms of workload - people do often complain/get burnt out but in my experience management almost never actually tells people to work more. The big workloads come from there being so much to do and go-go people who aggressively take on scope. If you are not doing that you are not going to get burned out. I know engineers who go home at 5-6pm every day.

      Cons

      Salaries are slightly low from what I understand - but this is sort of inherent to the way the company operates. Do well and there is stock for you.

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