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

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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5.0
Mar 11, 2014

Great place for hard workers

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Pros

This is my second engineering job, and I know a lot of engineers at other companies. Spacex offers far more responsibility and opportunity for significant input early on in your career. New engineers are designing new parts that will go on rockets launching in less than a year. No one is going to spend months designing a bracket. Major projects generally only last a couple years and then you have the opportunity to work on something new. I can't imagine another company that will develop your engineering skills/knowledge faster while also giving you the opportunity to making a significant contribution to the science/engineering world.

Cons

You get out what you put in which requires taking a lot of initiative and independent working to be successful. In engineering, job descriptions are not always well defined which can lead to poor career development if you aren't actively presenting good ideas. Fortunately there is plenty of freedom to be vocal and let your thoughts be heard.

4.0
Mar 10, 2014
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Pros

Every engineer working at SpaceX has a significant amount of responsibility assigned to them. Because the problems are always hard, working at SpaceX is not easy and is often frustrating. The kind of people that do well at SpaceX are those who both enjoy solving problems and are persistent enough to continue solving problems when they are no longer enjoyable. The management tends to defend and encourage ambition, allowing these type of people to succeed.

Cons

I don't know anybody who could claim that they wanted to work at SpaceX the whole time they were working there. It is rewarding and infuriating in waves and for some people the bad outweighs to good.

5.0
Mar 10, 2014

Work hard play hard

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Pros

Unbelievable amounts of knowledge and experience available in your fellow employees Ground breaking design and engineering challenges every project Essentially an engineering playground Steady stream of pop and movie stars getting tours

Cons

Long hours (but... rockets!) Not an ideal location Hawthorne is sorta in the ghetto, so biking to work is not the best (but I still do anyways) Technician staff could have a higher caliber

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