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      SpaceX reviews

      3.8

      67% would recommend to a friend

      (2,728 total reviews)
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      Elon Musk

      72% 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 2,728 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
      Mar 22, 2014

      A great place to work with highly motivated people.

      Avionics engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      SpaceX has created a work environment that fosters engineering freedom with little bureaucracy. As a result everyone works together on projects that interests them and are encouraged to see things through to completion.

      Cons

      Combining the large number of new projects with both a limited workforce and supporting existing designs through production, the amount of work expected from an individual can sometimes be overwhelming. That being said no one is working those long hours alone and on any given hour of any given day there will be people there.

      4.0
      Mar 20, 2014

      Massive responsibility, fast pace, and making a huge difference

      Structures engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Making a big difference in a high profile project that is awesome. Even interns make decisions that have an effect on the rockets. You are a rocket scientist. The pay is standard and you get some stock or options.

      Cons

      It can be nerve wracking to have that much responsibility. People complain about long hours, but that's more of a function of the individual and how they manage their time.

      5.0
      Mar 17, 2014

      Exciting place to be an engineer.

      Engineering manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great place to be an ambitious engineer. Lots of responsibility and autonomy. Easy access to resources and hardware. Ability to influence the product and company. Clear high level goals and vision. You get to see your hard work launch into space. (and on a short timeline from project start) Plenty of projects. Learn a lot in a short time. Fun corporate culture. Work hard, play hard. Stock in a company with high growth potential.

      Cons

      High stress and workload. Flip-flop short term corporate directives. There are short term needs and really long term goals (medium term is ignored). Unrealistic schedules and equally poor communication of schedules. Poor mentoring, project management, and planning. The person that yells the loudest gets their way. Lots of cultural and process growing pains as the small/scrappy RnD company is growing up to be a big production company.

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