Is Blue Origin a good company to work for?

Blue Origin has an overall rating of 3.2 out of 5, based on over 1,373 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 3.8 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?

"Pay is good if you're all about getting your soul sucked dry and not having a family life." ((in 129 reviews)); "Great people within your teams and teams you work for" ((in 124 reviews)); "Benefits are good." ((in 81 reviews)); "Most areas provide good work/life balance (especially if you take responsibility for setting those boundaries)." ((in 60 reviews)); "Blue has a great culture overall." ((in 44 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 103 reviews)); "Incredibly toxic behaviors from senior leadership" ((in 74 reviews)); "terrible upper management (though that's changing)" ((in 44 reviews)); "Floor supervisors try but upper managers have no clue." ((in 34 reviews)); "Long hours are the norm" ((in 21 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 Blue Origin locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Van Horn , Cape Canaveral , Huntsville

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Blue Origin reviews

3.2

47% would recommend to a friend

(1,199 total reviews)

Dave Limp

34% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.8

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 1,199 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

Apr 26, 2020

Don’t waste your time

Engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

* Practically unlimited funds * Peer to peer (same employment level) are amazing people

Cons

* Bob Smith * Senior / Executive management

2.0

Sep 17, 2019

Have to good times passed?

Integration engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

there is still some really great people at blue origin.

Cons

The culture of builders is gone. We are not a culture of hashtags and cult like leadership principles. Blue Origin seems to have lost its roots of building world class vehicles. The vehicles are being built slower with every iteration, but management claims its for QA. The support channels for production are moving slower than ever, with signs of slowing even more.

2.0

Oct 24, 2023

I used to love working at Blue, but it saddens me when I think about what the company has turned into.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Working on New Shepard and supporting the company to FHF was one of the best moments of my career. The problems were complex, but very rewarding. Also, I met so many smart and humble people at Blue who truly made work enjoyable.

Cons

After FHF, the rosy colored lens were ripped off my face. I was promoted and starting sitting in meetings with senior leaders and I was appalled with the toxicity amongst the L1's. The CFO was constantly attacking low level analysts, the CEO belittled directors and made people join Sunday meetings, and there were so many ex-honeywell employees (aka Bob's friends) who wouldn't stand up to him even though we knew he was wrong. Without an attainable goal in the near distance, I was quickly burnt out after 2 months of my promotion so I left the company. I used to stand by Blue Origin and drink the kool-aid, but working there as a manager wasn't worth it.

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