Toxic Workplace/Burnout - BEWARE - Finance Blue Origin Employee Review

1.0
11 Jun 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Some engineering groups are great and want to work together to drive down costs. Innovative work scope. Lots of celebrations for company successes.

Cons

Toxic environment. Management talks negatively about employees to other employees. Yearly reviews ask for positive and negative feedback. If management has issues they will focus on only negative feedback. Gossip is rampant within teams. If one person knows something then everyone knows what’s going on. Extreme time commitment is expected. Work life balance is not a thing. Direction from executive management changes as it goes down to first line management. No opportunities for upward growth.

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5.0
28 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Competitive pay. Good benefits. Great workplace.

Cons

Longer hours expected. Can be stressful.

2.0
19 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

4 weeks of PTO, good benefits, free drinks and snacks available at all locations.

Cons

Leadership is inconsistent and often incompetent, company is very segmentalized and each group operates to different goals and schedules, poor communication with other parts of the company and with leadership. There is an overarching Yes-men mentality amongst leadership, and they often are just aiming to not be the group to be to blame for delays or failures. Personal growth is limited and widely ranges between different groups, there are areas where people see regular raises and promotions, while the majority seems to be told there are freezes or that they will be put in for next cycle. Pay has fallen behind, in the past they used to pay well and above the industry standard, but have not kept pace. Hours can be very long, again dependent on your group, some people may enjoy things like work from home or flexible schedules, but the majority are asked to work long hours and even support roles that could be remote are forced to be on site, despite a lack of space for the number of employees. I moved desks locations and buildings 6 times in 3 years. Re-orgs happen every 6 months, and create significant instability within the company, but rarely bring positive improvements. Good talent is not rewarded, and leaving quickly.

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