Cool place. Good benefits. High stress for new hires - Engineer SpaceX Employee Review

4.0
Aug 15, 2018
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Pros

Overwhelming place in a good sense. So much is available , and expected, for you to learn before you could even begin the first task. Very nice colleagues in general. Most people are young, even managers, so the work environment is very refreshing, fast, Lots of random and awesome perks.

Cons

Poor and updated on-boarding documents / procedure / tutorials. Everyone works long hours just because they want to, so there's definitely peer pressure that makes you stay longer. Most engineers in my group work 10-12 hrs /day on average. They have several internal sites that seriously need to be restructured for coherence. Information is everywhere and super hard to manage for new hires.

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Cons

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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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