Is Blue Origin a good company to work for?

Blue Origin has an overall rating of 3.2 out of 5, based on over 1,392 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 46% of employees would recommend working at Blue Origin to a friend and 40% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Blue Origin have been left by employees working as Intern , Propulsion Engineer II and Manufacturing Engineer II .

Does Blue Origin pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Blue Origin employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Blue Origin. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Blue Origin?

46% of Blue Origin employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Blue Origin 3.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.8 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Blue Origin?

Engineer (76) , Integration Engineer (36) , Manufacturing Engineer (34) , Mechanical Engineer (34) , Intern (32) , Software Engineer (31) , Test Engineer (30) , CNC Machinist (21) , Propulsion Engineer (20) , Technician (17) , Aerospace Engineer (16) , Propulsion Engineer II (14) , Senior Engineer (14) , Project Manager (13) , Systems Engineer (13)

What are the pros of working at Blue Origin according to real employee reviews?

"Pay is good if you're all about getting your soul sucked dry and not having a family life." ((in 138 reviews)); "Great people within your teams and teams you work for" ((in 129 reviews)); "Benefits are good." ((in 73 reviews)); "Most areas provide good work/life balance (especially if you take responsibility for setting those boundaries)." ((in 57 reviews)); "Blue has a great culture overall." ((in 49 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Blue Origin according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management brings down the company as a whole" ((in 100 reviews)); "Incredibly toxic behaviors from senior leadership" ((in 75 reviews)); "terrible upper management (though that's changing)" ((in 45 reviews)); "Floor supervisors try but upper managers have no clue." ((in 34 reviews)); "Long hours are the norm" ((in 24 reviews))

What are employees saying about Blue Origin layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Blue Origin layoffs and their outlook for job security at Blue Origin in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Blue Origin locations?

Kent , Merritt Island , Huntsville , Seattle , Cape Canaveral , Van Horn , Renton , Denver , Los Angeles , Phoenix , Reston , El Segundo , Titusville , Washington , Orlando , Melbourne , Atlanta , New York , Austin , Longmont , Highlands Ranch , Kennedy Sp Ct , Port St Lucie , Meritt Island , American Fork , Chicago , Maine , Florida , Milwaukee , Flint

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Blue Origin reviews

3.2

46% would recommend to a friend

(1,215 total reviews)

Dave Limp

34% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Diversity & inclusion

3.3

Career opportunities

3.1

Work/Life balance

2.8

Culture & values

2.2

Senior management

Blue Origin has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 1,215 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Blue Origin employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Aerospace & Defense industry (3.6 stars).

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Reviews by job title

1K reviews

4.0

Oct 6, 2023

Growing pains of every kind

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Incredible opportunity, amazing 401(k) performance. Hired top notch individual contributors who make excellent co-workers. Inspiring mission and successful sales… huge issues are being resolved, and core dysfunctions are being unwound… it takes time and patience, but it’s happening. Diversity and inclusion efforts are the best I’ve witnessed… though may be limited to certain areas / roles.

Cons

“Bias for Action” has been misinterpreted as, “Don’t ask around about precedent… Quick! Reinvent the wheel!” Businesses and sites need to communicate and learn from each other. Simplify roles and processes around best practices. Engineers tend to over complicate things to appear smart, but that doesn’t lead to fast-paced commercial manufacturing. (Which has been around for over 100 years… just because it’s aerospace doesn’t mean you need to reinvent everything.)

3.0

Oct 2, 2023

So much wasted potential

Cad administrator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great work and great people on interesting projects like New Shepard and New Glenn

Cons

CEO is running the company into the ground. Antiquated mindset towards work from home and hybrid work. Very small personal workspace to the point that they sawed a foot of people's desks off over a weekend.

1.0

Oct 2, 2023

Toxic culture

Senior software engineer/tech lead

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

It is a spacecraft company and it is assumed that you work on some trending area in industry.

Cons

The company has a toxic culture. Many mid-level managers and most of the executives lack proper technical and managerial training. They often hold their positions due to personal relationships, which they proudly mentioned in several meetings. The professional staff are responsible for the majority of the workload, and recognition often depends on their relationship with their manager. It's no wonder that employee turnover is high, and you see many inactive profiles throughout the company. The company lures people with a little bit higher wages than the market, but then claim their souls. The primary goal of directors and mid-level managers seems to be satisfying the founder, JB, with inflated numbers rather than delivering quality work. It's unbelievable how a team can supposedly increase innovations by ~30% within a few weeks, right after the founder asked for more innovations.

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