AST SpaceMobile reviews

3.1

38% would recommend to a friend

(43 total reviews)
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Abel Avellan

48% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

AST SpaceMobile has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 43 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The AST SpaceMobile employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Telecommunications industry (3.6 stars).

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43 reviews
3.0
May 10, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

The work is usually very interesting. Some equity is provided, so you are exposed to the potentially large upside if the company succeeds.

Cons

Things can be very chaotic, which is perhaps to be expected from the rapid growth and extreme timelines the company puts itself through. The Pareto Principle is very pronounced here. There are a couple of employees who really drive cohesion and functionality in the company's software through the chaos, crazy timelines, etc. For the people who are making these systems function the work/life balance is rough, and the compensation is not correct--it appears that, for employee retention, the company banks on the novelty of the overall mission and the potential for long-term upside for employee retention.

2.0
Feb 16, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You don’t need a lot of experience

Cons

supervisors are not qualified and do a terrible job at managing tasks. They retaliate with no consequences. Clear targeting with no action from higher management

1.0
Nov 26, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Decent pay for an unskilled worker with no experience in aerospace.

Cons

Technicians are undervalued. Lack of transparency in decision making. 7 years into the business and still not out of research and development. Bonuses not awarded based on skill, merit or productivity. They’re given out to favorites. CEO is rude and doesn’t let management manage according to their own dictates. Human Resources might as well not even exist. They offer 4000 shares of stock with 1000 shares after 6 months but HR doesn’t follow through with it. Many lies from the beginning of employment. You can face harassment and threats at work and they don’t do anything about it. Always waiting on engineering. Too many employees, not enough work. Attendance point system does not allow you sick leave. You will be threatened with write ups and potentially terminated if you’re sick. Be prepared for management to look down on you for missing work for any reason. You’re more of a paid slave in a very dehumanizing way. They see you as a number and the low man on the totem pole can be replaced. Employee retention isn’t part of their culture. Management fires the people at the bottom to keep he heat off them for the failures in their department. You’ll only get specialized training if someone in management favors you. No one holds themselves accountable and always blames failures on someone else. Most supervisors take credit for the work and ideas technicians come up with. Also, most supervisors do not defend their employees.

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