Is Blue Origin a good company to work for?

Blue Origin has an overall rating of 3.2 out of 5, based on over 1,374 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has increased by 1% over the last 12 months. 47% of employees would recommend working at Blue Origin to a friend and 41% 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 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Blue Origin?

47% 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, 2.9 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Blue Origin?

Engineer (75) , Integration Engineer (36) , Manufacturing Engineer (34) , Intern (32) , Mechanical Engineer (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 (12) , Systems Engineer (12)

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

"Great people within your teams and teams you work for" ((in 128 reviews)); "Pay is good if you're all about getting your soul sucked dry and not having a family life." ((in 125 reviews)); "Benefits are good." ((in 68 reviews)); "Most areas provide good work/life balance (especially if you take responsibility for setting those boundaries)." ((in 62 reviews)); "Blue has a great culture overall." ((in 47 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 102 reviews)); "Incredibly toxic behaviors from senior leadership" ((in 77 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 20 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 , Washington , Orlando , Melbourne , Titusville , New York , Austin , Longmont , Atlanta , 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

47% would recommend to a friend

(1,200 total reviews)

Dave Limp

34% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Diversity & inclusion

3.3

Career opportunities

3.1

Work/Life balance

2.9

Culture & values

2.2

Senior management

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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Reviews by job title

1K reviews

1.0

Jul 3, 2019

Go Somewhere Else

General manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Exciting work and projects (if you can ignore the cons). Lots of smart people. Dogs come to work. Snacks.

Cons

The life has left this place. It’s depressinng to work here and the leaders that have come on board since Rob Meyerson have created a culture and environment that might look great from the outside and from the words they say but the reality is not good. At all. Company doesn’t care about it’s employees, so many manager egos to please that’s all you end up doing instead of actually making progress with the hardware.

5.0

Jun 25, 2019

Bob Smith, are you really listening?

Software engineer

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

This remains one of the tiny handful of places in the world where you can be at the forefront of getting humanity to the stars. In objective terms, this place is awesome. New Shepard is almost out the door. New Glenn is real, is happening, is getting built. Smart, helpful, humble, visionary co-workers. Familiar Amazon perks like dogs in the office, free snacks and drinks, an endless firehose to learn new skills and hone current ones.

Cons

When Bob Smith gave his first all-hands address to all of Blue in his new role as CEO, he started with two words that sent chills down my spine: "We're listening". tl;dr: You can guess by the fact I'm here writing a review on Glassdoor, joined by countless others, what I have concluded about that. This is something Rob Meyerson would have never, ever said. He would have never acknowledged that there was a distinct "we" (i.e. upper management) separate from the "we" that was all of Blue. He would have never bothered to say it at all -- he would have assumed it would have shown from his actions, and that it was his very first, basic responsibility as the leader of his company. All of my pertinent complaints about the state of the company stem from this one phrase.

3.0

Jun 24, 2019

Inspiring vision, but seems to be losing its culture

Software engineer iii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

SPACE — there’s not a lot that’s cooler than that, is there? Opportunity to have a huge impact, even as an individual contributor

Cons

Benefits and compensation are not competitive in the region Commute can be pretty gnarly — no good public transit options Titles and career advancement seem totally arbitrary with little transparency Very little trust between upper management and the majority of the work force

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