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Q&A With SpaceX Employees

SpaceX is looking for world-class talent ready to tackle challenging projects that will ultimately enable life on other planets. SpaceX is an equal opportunity employer offering competitive salaries, comprehensive health benefits and equity packages.

How employees describe working at SpaceX

Make sure the space is available to complete the promises made to stakeholders

Incredible learning opportunities and experiences, however the work is very difficult, and the pace is typically not sustainable. The mission is to get to Mars, and it feels like employees are the cost of that mission, rather than a valued part of that mission.

Knowledge, expertise, reliability, talent, and location

It's hard to feel good when your main spokesperson hates people like you.

It's out of this world

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What it's like to work at SpaceX

  • SpaceX employees generally work 10.8 hrs a day
  • Employees at SpaceX report the work pace is extremely fast
  • On a typical day, employees at SpaceX have 1 meeting
  • 81% of SpaceX employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
  • SpaceX employees most often take 15-20 paid vacation and sick days each year
  • 12% of SpaceX employees report they are happy with their work life balance
  • SpaceX employees typically get valuable feedback on how to improve at work Every Week
  • 72% of SpaceX employees call their work environment positive

Q&A With SpaceX Employees

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  • No, it's easy to have a habit at SpaceX

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  • I don't know I've been in the Aerospace and number of years and only see that many don't last because of the overload of work

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  • Poorly

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  • Innovation to a certain point however they lose so much in not being efficient and not investing in real training for their employees

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  • Very poor for technicians

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  • General interview questions nothing out of the ordinary

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  • In McGregor the whole, can you work in a Team environment. which once I got the job, I noticed that "Team" only means when they (supervisor/manager) deem it necessary.. otherwise you are alone!!

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Aggregated Employee Answer on Comparably

  • SpaceX's Engineering team rates their overall benefits an A+ and most of them think the perks are Good. 91% of SpaceX employees in Engineering say they are satisfied with their benefits. The majority of employees in Engineering also get 20-30 days of paid vacation, and most of them believe the cash value of their benefits is $1500 - $2500/mo.

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Aggregated Employee Answer on Comparably

  • 33% of the same employees also feel like SpaceX is invested in their career growth. On average, majority of employees do not have a mentor to help them navigate their career at SpaceX.

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Aggregated Employee Answer on Comparably

  • SpaceX's Engineering team rates their manager a C+ or 68/100 and the majority believe their manager truly cares about them as a person. The engineering team (63%) also feels pretty comfortable providing negative feedback directly to their boss.

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  • SpaceX employees rates their pay and overall compensation a B or 73/100. 63% of employees believe they are paid fairly and 60% of employees get raises every year.

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