SpaceX Employee Reviews
Out of 366 SpaceX employee reviews, 75% were positive. The remaining 25% were constructive reviews with the goal of helping SpaceX improve their work culture. The Product team, with 68% positive reviews, reports the best experience at SpaceX compared to all other departments at the company. The Operations team offered the most constructive feedback, with 50% of that department's reviews constructive in nature.
Briefly describe your overall experience at your company
Great environment. Gives me so much purpose in my career path and personal enjoyment.
Review from Engineering Dept
What do you like best about the leadership team?
All around good people like family
Strait to the point and very supportive and hitting your deadlines as well as your goals in your career path.
Review from Engineering Dept
He cares about tenure and loyalty.
yes very cool very very
Always open to new ideas
Review from Product Dept
What does the leadership team need to get better at?
Make sure the space is available to complete the promises made to stakeholders
From my perspective, it didn't seem like people managers were given training on how to actually manage. I have heard of numerous instances where managers are given poor ratings from their employees, but are promoted. It felt like managing the team was the least important part of my manager's job.
Being supportive of their employees and fostering a culture of respect and creativity. Not promoting or tolerating managers who are dismissive of their subordinates
Review from Engineering Dept
Understanding that employees on occasion have lives outside of work
Review from Engineering Dept
Better communication with techs. A lot gets lost when information is passed up
What is the best part about your compensation package?
The stock is life changing. The benefits are excellent, you can purchase fantastic insurance for a very inexpensive cost.
Free healthcare and great stock plan
Review from Engineering Dept
We typcally get yearly stock bonuses
Definitely the Stocks! Hands-down, the stocks are the best part of my compensation package
Review from Product Dept
Great big package. Really good
Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?
We work very hard for less than cost of living raises
I don't like it but I want to learn how to work
More base pay and employee benefits would go a long way in making employees content with their compensation.
Can make more money elsewhere
Review from Engineering Dept
low pay compared to the other company I worked
What are some of the best things about your team?
Determine and fast fat long
I am tired of answering your questions
Hard working and talented team
Friendly, loving, motivating, caring, inspiring
They each care about the project as a whole
What do your coworkers need to improve and how could you work together better?
Instead of only responding to emergencies, future planning for the team would be extremely helpful.
production co-worker stap your back
Planing and some Program management will go a long way. Haste is waste. Ask for help rather than expect it.
Review from Engineering Dept
Stand up to inefficient lower management
Review from Operations Dept
by having better leadership throughout our organization
Review from Operations Dept
What is most positive about the culture and environment at your company?
Everyone is thrilled about the mission, passionate, and dedicated to their jobs.
Collaboration and respect between colleagues
Review from Engineering Dept
The employees treat each other like family
Environment is very good to be in
Dont feel pressured to meet deadlines we all work so close and comfortable together and its supwr genuine
What needs to change to make the company culture better?
It's hard to feel good when your main spokesperson hates people like you.
To be more family oriented at work
Generally people will absorb and use information as it becomes available without passing it to others who they know would benefit from the information. Multiple times I have spent tens of hours working towards a goal which is no longer in line with project objectives because of this.
The schedule needs to become realistic
They need to get rid of the horrible managers who are responsible for the hiring on the production side. We wait hours for parts because they dont hire people who are organized. The blatant sexism in this deparment needs to be addressed as well.
What did you like most about the interview process?
multi panel interview and presentation. This is great so you know that you and your colleagues are at a mental level and you don't end up in a position with colleagues not at your experience level.
Review from Engineering Dept
It was very easy and professional
They asked the basic questions like all jobs, but also questions to more understand your personality and work mentality
Review from Product Dept
I got to use my own words and describe how i genuinly feel rather than being told what to do
They were welcoming and I didn't feel like there was no chance of getting hired
What would you improve about your company's interview process?
Don't avoid discussing or sugar coat the reality of the long hours and travel. Don't do good cop bad cop interviews.
Certain men need to be less discriminatory towards women because we have lost SEVERAL good candidates that would have been major assets. The recruiters need to be more responsive to perspective hires, because you have to hunt for feedback aboot your interview.
It is necessary for more screening and keep strictly Americans in an American based company
the interview process takes several weeks to months.
having industry experienced people perform the interviews
Review from Operations Dept
What makes you most happy at work?
Solving problems and launching rockets
Submersing myself in a project. No specifics for obvious reasons, but knowing my work is important does make me happy.
Completing the mission for the great boss
Being involved with the leaders at innovation in aerospace
Review from Engineering Dept
My team and coworkers accomplishing great feats
What's going wrong and how can it be improved?
Elonwon't get a covid shot and will not explain why the workers can't stay home.
It can't be improved, with the current individuals in place.........
I feel like I'm being harassed by my supervisor, he has a personal vendetta against me his name is Raul Garza
Review from Product Dept
Managers have really bad attitudes
Review from Operations Dept
We are all over worked and burned out.
Review from Operations Dept
What do you like best about your company?
Actually feel you are making the world a better place everyday
What would you most like to see improved at your company?
Paid industry wages, Legit 40 hour weeks, stop throwing people under the bus so planning can have the weekend off.
Rampant burn-out culture needs to be curtailed.