Alot of Hours, Not the Best Pay - Electromechanical Technician SpaceX Employee Review

1.0
Aug 28, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

You work for SpaceX, vest the stocks, add to resume and jump out asap

Cons

WORK WORK WORK WORK. Lot's of hours, incredible hours sometimes 60+. Seemingly for no reason but to exhaust budget. Not much direction as things seem the be winged last minute and production can change without notice mid build which tells me management isn't doing the best job at overseeing the schedule. It seems like the left hand doesn't know what the right is doing, which again wastes time mid build breaking down and setting up a new build. All builds halted get put on engineering hold rack which usually has over 200+ items and by the time we are ready to work back around to it, more often that not it's obsolete or on a much further revision.

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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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