SpaceX reviews

not enough parking—often up to 60 hours a week to meet launch schedules—raises are minimal. Management is poor, and the work environment is heavily focused on metrics. The long hours and constant pressure make for a terrible work-life balance.

Long hours - and they are required. 40 hour weeks do not exist. Expect to work weekends frequently and over holidays. Expect to be available on MS Teams 24/7. You will be rated down if you work 50 hours per week and while others do 60 (even if your work gets done right and on-time). There is no OT pay for salaried employees, you are expected to work more. Travel - If you are Cape or Hawthorne based and work on Starship - expect to be required to travel to Starbase frequently. If you can find a hotel that isn't dirty or full of bugs you're lucky. Your other alternative is to stay on site - sharing space with randoms or crammed in to tiny living quarters that frequently have A/C fail or run out of hot water. Schedules - Largely unrealistic and they know this, the goal is to make you feel the pressure to keep working. Bonuses - stock portion only paid out if you stay with company for next full year (awarded ~April, paid November, not including any long term options which vest over 5-6 year periods). This is the mechanism they use to try retain you. You will notice that when stocks vest (May/November) a lot of employees leave. If something goes wrong someone is getting thrown under the bus, even if management was 100% on board with the choices made - or made the choice themselves due to cost/schedule. Many managers are not technically competent in the areas they oversee - they are there to drive you to work more.