Summer Intern - Intern SpaceX Employee Review

3.0
Aug 5, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great place to work, okay place to intern. People you work with are very knowledgeable and committed. It's nice to have people around you who are equally committed to success.

Cons

Interns not given nearly as much responsibility as most interns will tell you, and the work is not as interesting as they'll tell you. Easily possible to get an excellent review having done very little. A lot of back patting about how hard interns work when they don't do much at all... Most tasks given are slight modifications and redesigns where the re-designing is already essentially done.

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Pros

* **Unmatched Mission & Impact:** You are literally working on rockets and spacecraft. The cool factor is 10/10. * **Brilliant Coworkers:** You will be surrounded by some of the smartest, most driven engineers in the world. * **Insane Career Growth:** SpaceX on your resume is a golden ticket. You will learn more here in 3 months than in 3 years at a normal company. * **Hands-on Experience:** They actually trust interns with real, critical hardware. No boring coffee-fetching tasks.

Cons

**Cons:** * **Zero Work-Life Balance:** 70-80 hours a week is the norm, not the exception. Say goodbye to your social life and sleep. * **Extreme Burnout:** The "hustle culture" is toxic. You are expected to treat the company as your entire life. * **Mediocre Pay:** The hourly pay is average, especially when you factor in the insane hours and the high cost of living in LA/Hawthorne. * **Chaotic Management:** Decisions can change overnight based on whatever Elon Musk tweets or feels like doing that morning.

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