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      SpaceX reviews

      3.8

      68% would recommend to a friend

      (2,742 total reviews)
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      Elon Musk

      74% approve of CEO

      80% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Career opportunities

      3.8

      Compensation and benefits

      3.6

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.5

      Culture & values

      3.3

      Senior management

      2.5

      Work/Life balance

      SpaceX has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,742 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The SpaceX 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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      3K reviews
      5.0
      Mar 17, 2014

      Exciting place to be an engineer.

      Engineering manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great place to be an ambitious engineer. Lots of responsibility and autonomy. Easy access to resources and hardware. Ability to influence the product and company. Clear high level goals and vision. You get to see your hard work launch into space. (and on a short timeline from project start) Plenty of projects. Learn a lot in a short time. Fun corporate culture. Work hard, play hard. Stock in a company with high growth potential.

      Cons

      High stress and workload. Flip-flop short term corporate directives. There are short term needs and really long term goals (medium term is ignored). Unrealistic schedules and equally poor communication of schedules. Poor mentoring, project management, and planning. The person that yells the loudest gets their way. Lots of cultural and process growing pains as the small/scrappy RnD company is growing up to be a big production company.

      5.0
      Mar 17, 2014

      This company has provided an excellent footing for rapid expansion in process knowledge in a very broad view.

      Process engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Fast paced - I never get bored - New and Fun - Everyone here is relatively young and the company is pretty new, we all know how to have fun. It is very enjoyable to work with my peers. - Brains - Everyone here is at highest knowledge level in each department. Learning something new everyday is a statement that is definitely highlighted here. - Friends - The people you work with here become some of your good friends and it is always fun to be around those you enjoy working with for most of the day.

      Cons

      Time spent - I can work long hours sometimes and it might be difficult to balance that for some, but it is still a great to be with others that experience the same.

      4.0
      Mar 17, 2014

      Get to be a part of history.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Fast paced, extremely innovative, highly talented co-workers, get to work on actual flight hardware, not very bureaucratic

      Cons

      Rapid changes in strategic direction. Many managers are inexperienced and focus more on technical leadership than managing people. Very little importance placed on organizational efficiency/effectiveness.

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