Blue Origin reviews

3.2

47% would recommend to a friend

(1,200 total reviews)

Dave Limp

34% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

Blue Origin has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 1,200 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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1K reviews
3.0
Feb 5, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great and ambitious people, some of the most talented people aiming to achieve some of the most ambitions goals. Timelines are not as slow as NASA, but also arent burnout-heavy like SpaceX

Cons

Top brass are all Yes-Men to Jeff Bezos. No clear communication of reality to Jeff, so most of the chain of command is not aligned with individual contributor reality.

4.0
Feb 4, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Exciting projects, crazy amount of scope ownership

Cons

Undefined roles and responsibilities, management is absolutely terrible the last couple years, sense of survival of the fittest within the team.

1.0
Feb 3, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Working on space vehicles Lots of smart people Pays well

Cons

Major changes come with no warning. In the 1.5 years I've been here, there have been two rounds of layoffs. An average of one person left my group every other month. Layoffs given via zoom meetings - "everyone check your email in an hour to see if you've been laid off". Felt like some kind of intimidation tactic. Leadership felt incredibly disingenuous. We are getting yelled at to work faster, but not given any stock options (they used to then stopped, told us stocks were a "lottery ticket" and not to expect anything). "X program is speeding up" a few months later it's cancelled, everyone laid off. Work sites would be closed down with no notice. People asked to move everything with no notice.

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