Blue Origin reviews

3.2

47% would recommend to a friend

(1,204 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 1,204 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).

Reviews by job title

1K reviews
1.0
Dec 4, 2025

Hot mess

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Seems like there isn't much to do if you're not an RE

Cons

Organization is all over the place, documentation is a mess. I am constantly lost as to what is going on

4.0
Dec 3, 2025

For The Benefit of Earth

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great culture -- people willing to go above when it counts but also have lives to live. Varies with business units, though. Lots of amazing missions they're working. So many cool projects. Good compensation. Lots of smart and skilled engineers.

Cons

Some amenities and benefits not up to par with tech in the area. Lots of great work means they're spread thin sometimes. Too many company values makes it messy. Timelines can be detached from reality sometimes.

2.0
Dec 3, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Amazing substance of the work and surrounded by passionate, smart people who love the project. Opportunities to grow and take part in wearing many hats. Good healthcare. Great training ground for other companies.

Cons

Long hours are the norm. Even promotions don't come with a pay raise. My boss apologized when they told me I was getting an unexpected promotion, because the tiny percentage authorized for my raise put me below the existing pay band for the role. Had several amazing managers and then left for double my pay when they hired a toxic SpaceX cast off. I didn't think my career would do well when he asked me to get him coffee, told me to speak only when spoken to in meetings, and focus on taking notes as the only woman on the team after speaking up in a meeting that the architecture he was presenting was no longer the plan of record. All of my year-end feedback prior to this encouraged me to speak up more. When I went to HR, they offered to move me to a different team outside of my specialty instead of addressing the problem. The previously stable team had 100% turn over within a year. Shortly after, the head of HR themselves was later asked to retire after multiple complaints from female employees against them. The culture started to take a nose dive around 2019, when many of the original employees ended up being driven away when upper management refused to listen to their hard-won lessons from New Shepard. It is funny seeing the exact data-driven schedule estimates they originally provided management play out after management just arbitrarily tried to reduce it by years.

Viewing 106 - 108 of 1,204 Reviews

Glassdoor has 1,378 Blue Origin reviews submitted anonymously by Blue Origin employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if Blue Origin is right for you.