Blue Origin reviews

3.2

46% would recommend to a friend

(1,206 total reviews)

Dave Limp

35% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

Blue Origin has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 1,206 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
4.0
Feb 10, 2021

Good, Getting Better

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Good pay, benefits, PTO - Very good people and culture for the most part (depends on the team) - Good work-life balance if you want it. There are sometimes long hours around big deadlines, but it isn't expected most of the time. - Cool projects and work - Opportunity to get good experience as a new-grad/early-career engineering hire. People don't care who you are or how much experience you have so long as you can do the work.

Cons

- Upper management - Too few people spread across too many projects - Lots of technical debt left over from when the company was just a few hundred people. - Fairly high attrition of people who have been at the company for a long time, so lots of new people who are just trying to get their bearings. - Management pretends it's running a lean New Space startup while cargo-culting Old Space processes without understanding what they're actually for. I think Blue will do great things in the next few years, but right now it's still figuring out how to be a Big Aerospace Company.

5.0
Feb 10, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

At Blue you're given a lot of responsibility. This isn't a place where you're assigned clear cut tasks. It's more like "Solve this problem". You have a lot of control. You can choose your tools and your software stack. It's up to you to step up to the plate. This is a great environment if you want to be a leader. It's a poor environment if you want to just be told what to do.

Cons

Can be stressful sometimes. Scheduling is poor. Lack of product managers and project managers. You have to wear a lot of hats.

5.0
Feb 9, 2021

Exciting work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Competitive salary, fast-paced work on innovative projects

Cons

While the work itself is innovative, some of the tools could be improved.

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