SpaceX reviews

3.8

67% would recommend to a friend

(2,737 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 2,737 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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5.0
Jul 22, 2016

Summer Internship Review

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Pros

-Amazing place that only operates in the realm of cutting-edge -Passionate, assiduous employees -A chance to perform real hands-on work with next-gen spacecraft that will change the course of human history

Cons

-Not the best work/life balance -You must be a fan of LA

5.0
Jul 22, 2016

Summer Internship

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Pros

General: * rapid pace of work is great for learning a lot quickly * overtime pay * good perks: subsidized good food and swag, free gym memberships, shuttles, free or subsidized on-site medical care, etc. * projects are meaningful and come with responsibility * the Hawthorne location has like 400 interns during the summer * generous relocation and a month of housing * a week of paid vacation for July 4th (probably won't be a regular thing) * cool subject matter, shared mission I was lucky in that my department sort of straddles a few groups so I got a good view of the overall rocket building process. It turns out I don't like my role at all, but my manager was cool about it and found me a lot of projects I would like. A lot of the managers here are pretty open to finding stuff that aligns with your interests. I really like Avionics' atmosphere but other departments/locations seem to vary quite a lot.

Cons

I feel like most of the cons are just poor fit, not actually cons. Yeah, most interns work 50-60 hours, but everyone knew what they were signing up for (note: due to policy changes any review before Spring 2016 is inaccurate - interns were switched to hourly employees who receive time and a half after 40 hours and require VP permission to surpass 12 hour days and 60 hour weeks). I hear there will be a significant decrease in full-time offers since SpaceX just hit a major hiring cap and has slowed hiring growth tremendously, to one of their lowest rates ever.

5.0
Jul 22, 2016
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Pros

Everyone here is working toward the same goal. I am surrounded by people that are smarter and more talented than I am, people who are helping me learn and grow much more than when I was in school. I am challenged by my work, and interns here are given mission-critical projects. It's clear that the employees here genuinely love their work and the mission they are working toward. There doesn't seem to be a whole lot of politics--most people want to stay close to the engineering role they were hired for. My department is trying to foster a culture where people have opportunities to change roles when they feel like they aren't growing any more. Things happen INSANELY quickly here: one week someone will be designing a tool or a part, the next week it'll have been manufactured. It's amazing to work at a headquarters with such tight integration between design and manufacturing. Elon is truly a world-changing CEO, and it is exciting to work for him. And of course, it's an awesome feeling to come to work every day and build rockets!

Cons

There aren't established methods of communication. This is partly to do with how quickly SpaceX grew in the past few years, so I hope this will continue to improve. Groups are sometimes adversarial with each other, and sometimes cooperative. People get frustrated when requirements change, and it seems like most groups are still iterating on how to structure their communication. Managers are often protective of their employees' time because people can easily be overburdened by requests from outside their group. Beyond the communication stuff, we are ALWAYS crunched for time. Everyone here works long hours on short deadlines. Working here definitely requires a conscious choice to accept a demanding schedule.

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